[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 21, 1994]
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   THE CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION REPORT ON HEALTH CARE REFORM AND 
                           UNIVERSAL COVERAGE

  (Mr. DERRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, I bring to my colleagues' attention a 
letter and attached report commissioned by the Catholic Health 
Association that I sent to their offices yesterday.
  The report finds that health care reform without universal coverage 
will harm, not protect, the American middle class. Incremental reform 
proposals like the Dole plan, the Cooper bill, the Rowland-Bilirakis 
bill and others will leave the middle class hanging.
  The study finds:
  Insurance market reforms alone would cover only 1.1 million people, 
just 3 percent of people projected to be uninsured in 1998.
  Combined with subsidies, insurance coverage would increase to 40 
percent, still leaving 22 million uninsured Americans consuming $25 
billion in health care a year. This cost would be shifted onto the 
privately insured.
  To cover the cost, average annual premiums for insured families would 
increase by $260--and still leave 22 million uninsured.
  With no universal coverage there is no real health care reform. 
Please read my ``Dear Colleague'' and the attached report and find out 
why.

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