[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: February 10, 1994]
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PRESIDENT CLINTON'S HEALTH SECURITY ACT WILL FIX AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE 
                                 CRISIS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday the Congressional Budget Office 
released its analysis of President Clinton's Health Security Act. It 
contains good news for the millions of Americans who understand what it 
means to have a health care crisis.
  The report confirms that we can guarantee all Americans private 
health insurance and provide coverage to 30 million additional 
Americans by the year 2000.
  The report confirms that we will be able to dramatically lower health 
expenditures over the long run--by $30 billion in the year 2000 and 
$150 billion in 2004.
  And, finally the report says that President Clinton's plan will lead 
to overall deficit reduction in the long term.
  Unfortunately, before the ink has dried on the CBO report, the 
sentinels of the status quo are dusting off their tired old rhetoric 
about big government and tax increases. It is a shame that they choose 
to use this analysis to score cheap political points.
  I suggest that opponents to health care reform start looking at these 
numbers: the 58 million Americans who will have no health insurance at 
some point this year, the 81 million Americans who are denied health 
coverage each year because of preexisting conditions, the 3 out of 4 
Americans who have lifetime limits on their health care coverage.
  When you add up these numbers, you can only reach one conclusion: We 
have a health care crisis and we must summon the courage to fix it.

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