[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 51 (Tuesday, May 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 3, 1994]
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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. SHEPHERD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. SHEPHERD. Mr. Speaker, it is time to put fairness back in the 
health care system. Is it fair to penalize a business for providing 
health care insurance to a sick worker? That is what we do now.
  Is it fair to raise rates on businesses who provide health care 
insurance to all their employees to pay for the cost of those who do 
not cover their employees? That is what we do now.
  Is it fair to put businesses who do the right thing at a competitive 
disadvantage to businesses who choose not to provide healthy care 
insurance for their employees? Of course, it is not fair, but that is 
what we do now.
  It is time to bring fairness into the system. Health care reform must 
ensure that all businesses are rewarded when they provide health care 
insurance.

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