[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 106 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 4, 1994]
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               UNIVERSAL COVERAGE WILL HELP ALL AMERICANS

  (Mr. GEJDENSON asked was given permission to address the House and to 
revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, once again you can hear our colleagues on 
the other side of the aisle proclaiming that universal coverage will 
create economic calamity. And then there is a magical job number loss 
that comes up.
  Let us take a look at their record on predictions. Do not listen to 
my words, take a look at Al Hunt's column in today's Wall Street 
Journal. The leaders and top thinkers on the Republican side of the 
aisle predicted calamity with the Democratic budget passing; there 
would be jobs loss, there would be an end to economic growth, there 
would be inflation. What happened? The opposite happened: More jobs in 
the last 16 months than in the previous 4 years; less inflation, more 
jobs. And that is what will happen if we have universal coverage. It 
will help small businesses be established, it will help them grow and 
compete, and it will strengthen this economy.
  There is one way to make America stronger: It is to provide universal 
health coverage for all our citizens so they do not have to become 
bankrupt before they get coverage, so they do not have to fear that 
preexisting conditions will deny them coverage.

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