[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 5, 1994]
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                           HEALTH REFORM NOW

  (Mr. CARDIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, the people of this Nation are asking us to 
pass health reform now. They benefit from health care reform.
  Let me talk about the typical person, ``Mary,'' who works fulltime 
for a large company and is currently insured. She needs health reform 
now. Why? She will be able to continue to receive coverage under her 
private health plan. It will not change. However, she will be 
guaranteed the right to choose at least one plan, offering unrestricted 
choice of a doctor or a managed care plan.
  She will be able to continue to receive the benefits she is receiving 
now but they will even be better because they will have to include the 
national benefit package in addition to the benefits she is currently 
receiving which her employer will be required to continue.
  Her employer will be required to pay at least 80 percent of the plan. 
She will be protected against some reduction if the employer tried. She 
will never lose her coverage.
  Mary needs health care reform. She benefits. All of our people 
benefit from health reform. Let us pass it.

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