[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 21, 1994]
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                    POLITICS, HEALTH CARE, AND WOMEN

  (Mr. DERRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, last week a Republican Congressman revealed 
his marching orders: close ranks against Democratic efforts to pass 
meaningful health care reform.
  It seems things like comprehensive coverage and cost containment are 
bad for the Republican party.
  But Republican political gambits will spoil health care for 
everyone--for instance, women, who have a lot to gain from health care 
reform.
  American women are more likely to need health care than men, but they 
are less likely to be insured. Working women hold down the bulk of jobs 
that do not offer health insurance. Women live longer and are more 
likely to need costly long-term care. Funding for research into 
diseases afflicting women is inadequate.
  Health care reform addresses these problems. But Republicans have 
closed ranks against reform, and in effect on women and the Nation. It 
is too bad that Republican politics puts them so squarely at odds with 
the Nation's health.

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