[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 5, 1994]
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     MS. SMITH WANTS COVERAGE, AFFORDABILITY, AND GUARANTEED ACCESS

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, real people and how they are affected: Ms. 
Smith, who works for a small company, is currently insured. Under the 
Gephardt House leadership plan, she receives coverage under either a 
private plan offered by her employer, a private plan offered through 
the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan, or Medicare part C. And she 
will have a choice of plans within that--choice, important and 
critical--a choice of at least one plan offering unlimited choice of 
doctors.
  Americans are concerned about that. We are assuring that happens.
  Benefits that will be the same or better than she now has? Have her 
employer pay at least 80 percent of the cost of her premiums, as most 
employers under this scenario that have insurance now, now pay. She 
will never lose coverage even if she loses her job. That is what Ms. 
Smith cares about, the coverage that she can get and afford an always 
be sure that it is there.

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