[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 3, 1994]
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                         THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS

  (Mr. VISCLOSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, there is a health care crisis in America. 
Whether it is the lack of coverage, the cost of coverage, or the cost 
of care, the problem cries out to be addressed.
  Ask the recently divorced woman in Highland, IN, who is suffering 
from phlebitis and a number of other medical problems. She is confined 
to a walker and now has no health care coverage because she used to be 
covered by her spouse's plan.
  Ask the part-time teacher and mother of three in Portage, IN, who can 
no longer afford her $535-a-month insurance premium.
  President Clinton's plan to deal with our health care crisis includes 
coverage for every American, cost controls, and increased choice.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for the health care naysayers to be honest 
with the American people and work to solve our existing problems so 
that no American will ever again live in fear that they or their 
children will be denied needed medical care.

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