[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 17, 1994]
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              POLICY REGARDING NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM BILL

  (Mrs. MINK of Hawaii asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Speaker for giving us 
this opportunity this morning to call attention of not only this House 
but the people of America to the tremendous things that are occurring 
with reference to the shaping and formulating of policy in the national 
health reform bill.
  The national health reform bill is pending before many committees of 
the House and the Senate, but it is moving forward very rapidly in the 
House Committee on Education and Labor, and particularly the 
Subcommittee on labor Management chaired by the gentleman from Montana 
[Mr. Williams].
  In the chair's mark are some significant advantages for health care. 
The advantages that we have made over and above what the President 
proposed in his bill are that we are going to cover mammograms without 
any deductibles or copayments for women below the age of 40 every 2 
years and for women above 50 years of age every year. There will be 
annual clinical breast exams also. We will cover pap smears annually. 
There will be free family planning visits. And, more importantly, we 
will designate ob-gyn physicians as primary care providers. This is an 
enormous stem forward.
  We have to remember when we are talking about health care reform that 
we are going to affect the lives and the quality of life for millions 
of Americans, and we want to pay special attention to the need of women 
in America.

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