[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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                    HEALTH CARE REFORM FOR FAMILIES

  (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, the health care status quo in America 
exacts a cruel price from American families. Today it costs nearly 
$8,000 a year to provide insurance for a family of four. If we fail to 
pass health care reform this year, the average family will be paying 
$14,000 for health care coverage by the year 2000.
  Families need health care reform to remedy this unacceptable 
situation. That is why groups working on behalf of America's families 
are voicing their support for the Guaranteed Health Insurance Act--they 
recognize that it is good for the American family. Groups like Families 
USA, the Children's Defense Fund, Family Service America Inc., and the 
Child Welfare League support the Gephardt reform bill.
  Perpetuating a scenario that doubles the costs of health care for 
families by the end of the century is nothing but unacceptable. Vote 
for health care reform and stop this drain on the strength of American 
families.

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