[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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   GREAT BENEFITS SEEN FOR WOMEN WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

  Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, I rise to emphasize how 
universal health care coverage can have a real impact of the lives of 
millions of women.
  Women now pay 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health costs than men. 
These high medical costs directly affect the health of low-income, and 
(un)insured women who can't even afford routine exams. An (un)insured 
woman with breast cancer is 50 percent more likely to die from the 
disease.
  In Arizona, 2,500 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. 
One-fifth of those women die. But early detection can decrease the 
mortality rate by more than 30 percent.
  My colleagues and I on the Education and Labor Committee are 
succeeding in improving health coverage for women--yet we are humbled 
by the long battle ahead of us.
  In Chairman Williams' mark, we have made mammograms, pap smears, and 
other preventive services affordable for all women.
  Mr. Speaker, I say to my colleagues, we need to show leadership and 
persistence in achieving universal health care coverage for all 
Americans.

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