[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 3, 1994]
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       CONSTITUENTS KNOW AMERICA SUFFERS FROM HEALTH CARE CRISIS

  (Mr. KLEIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLEIN. Mr. Speaker, who says there is no health care crisis in 
America? Explain that to the individuals who suffer every day because 
they do not have the proper health care coverage nor the money to pay 
for the medical attention that they need. I would just like to pass 
along the thoughts of just one of the many troubled citizens who have 
taken the time to write to me.
  A constituent from Clifton, NJ, wrote:

       We must take care of our own people. Millions are paying 
     dearly right now. The absence of proper health care coverage 
     for all Americans is a disgrace to this country.

  This woman and her husband are two average, middle income citizens, 
who paid over $17,000 in medical expenses last year alone, because of 
an ongoing lack of health care coverage. I wish this letter was the 
exception to the rule, the only letter I had received announcing the 
lack of universal coverage for all, but it is not. I have received 
hundreds more that call on this Congress to give them a health care 
system that will be beneficial, not vindictive.
  Yes, we have a health care crisis, and for the sake of our country we 
must address it now.

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