[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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                 SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN HEALTH REFORM

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, in the United States today, too many 
children live in poverty, our infant mortality rate is still too high, 
and children still are not properly vaccinated. And too many women do 
not get the health care and screening services that could save their 
lives.
  We have the opportunity to help turn this around through health care 
reform. The plan the President sent to Congress takes a giant step in 
the right direction by providing for immunizations, mammograms, and pap 
smears in the preventive services portion of the guaranteed benefits 
package.
  And now the Labor-Management Relations Subcommittee has made some 
important improvements for both women and children by expanding those 
benefits. Chairman Williams' plan would increase mammogram screening 
without copayments to every 2 years for women between ages 40 and 49, 
and every year for women age 50 and above. Pap smears would be 
available without copayments for women of childbearing age. And for 
children, outpatient rehabilitation services would be expanded to 
include coverage for children with chronic and congenital conditions.
  Madam Speaker, I applaud the work of Chairman Williams' subcommittee 
and I strongly urge my colleagues to lend their support for 
comprehensive preventive health services for women and children in the 
final health care reform legislation.

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