[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 58 (Thursday, May 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 12, 1994]
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               AMERICAN FAMILIES NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (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, the American people want health care 
fixed and real reform is moving forward in Congress.
  This health care reform contains the basic principles of President 
Clinton's plan: guaranteed private insurance for all Americans; choice 
of doctors and quality health plans; insurance reform making it illegal 
to drop or cut benefits; preserves medicare; and shares responsibility 
for coverage between employers, employees, and government.
  From our working men and women to our doctors, these principles have 
broad support nationwide.
  The President's proposal is supported by the American Academy of 
Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American 
College of Physicians. These doctors and others support the President's 
plan because it will work.
  President Clinton's plan works for doctors, their families, and their 
patients because it works for every American.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to pass health care reform so no family will 
ever be faced with the choice of taking their sick child to the 
hospital or paying their mortgage.

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