[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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         WOMEN'S CONCERNS DEEMED CRUCIAL TO HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mrs. CLAYTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity this 
morning to commend my colleagues in the House who are tirelessly 
working to ensure that all women will receive adequate health care 
coverage under health care reform.
  At a time when most everyone is recognizing the importance of 
preventive health care measures, it would be such a great loss to not 
have included in the benefits package screenings and tests that would 
alert women and their physicians to diseases such as breast and ovarian 
cancer. Also, we must ensure that every women has ready access to 
gynecological and obstetrical care as well as access to family planning 
services.
  In the past, women's health concerns have not been readily addressed. 
The treatment of women's health concerns have lacked seriousness and 
aggressiveness. As we begin anew under health care reform, I look to 
the opportunity to have women's concerns form a central part of any 
comprehensive health benefits.
  To go forward with a health care plan that does not provide adequate 
coverage for women would be disastrous for half of our Nation's 
citizens.

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