Pelosi Comes to Jeff

By DAN STAMM and TERESA MASTERSON

Updated 3:27 PM EST, Mon, Sep 21, 2009

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to a Philadelphia hospital Monday to discuss the urgent need for health care reform.

The California Democrat was joined by members of the Philadelphia congressional delegation including Reps. Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah and Allyson Schwartz.

The group toured the emergency wing of the hospital and spoke with doctors at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital late Monday morning.

Besides the tour of the hospital the group also discussed issues related to health insurance with a mother of a child who had difficulty getting health insurance for her son who had a pre-existing health condition.

Pelosi Talks Health Care at Jeff

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Pelosi Talks Health Care at Jeff

The goal of the entire visit to to highlight the urgent need for health care system reform.

Copyright Associated Press / NBC Philadelphia

First Published: Sep 21, 2009 6:46 AM EST

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So the more she talks, the better the odds of their plan failing. <br><br>I want health care reform...I just don't want Obama's version of it."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_59984442","adminTags":null,"views":1236,"createdBy":10033370,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Pelosi Comes to Philly","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2169036,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"21 Sep 2009 13:20:06 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":6,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"dcnemeths","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"930319","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Pelosi and her gang should be forced to drop their current coverage and enroll in this public health plan that they are forcing down America's throat, since it is such a good plan. It would save the taxpayers a lot of money if the congress is forced to give up their coverage for whatever they vote to give the reast of America. Truth is the coverage will be subpar and they will not want to have to use it."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_59984442","adminTags":null,"views":1236,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Pelosi Comes to Philly","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2169036,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"21 Sep 2009 14:32:32 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":6,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"930733","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"shes the problem, that the pres. is having problems, from the beginning before he was pres. she opened her mouth and nothing makes sense,,,,you go girl,,,"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_59984442","adminTags":null,"views":1236,"createdBy":10371171,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Pelosi Comes to Philly","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2169036,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"21 Sep 2009 16:30:54 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":6,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"jerseypoor","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"931548","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Pelosi should go back to Cailfornia and stay therre. She is the worse thing to happen to the country in a long time. <br>She is arrogant nasty and should be put on a very short leash. <br> NO PUBLIC HEATHCARE TO RUIN OUR country's best heathcare in the world."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_59984442","adminTags":null,"views":1236,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Pelosi Comes to Philly","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2169036,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"21 Sep 2009 21:20:02 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":6,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"933391","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Pelosi will use anyone and anything to garner 'sympathy' and further their visions of a socialist America. 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