[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 161 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      DEFEAT MEDICAID REFORM BILL

  (Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, to reform means to make things 
better. The Republicans Medicaid bill, under the guise of reform, is a 
hypocrisy that not only makes things worse, but violates many 
principles Republicans claim to represent.
  Republicans claim they support children yet they voted to deny poor 
children guaranteed health services.
  Republicans claim they protect unborn children yet they voted to 
revoke access to prenatal care for poor women. Even though, every 
dollar spent on prenatal care saves $3 in future health care costs.
  Republicans claim they want to help people get off welfare, yet they 
voted to deny health care coverage to women and their children during 
their first year of work even though one of the main reasons women 
leave work and go back on welfare is the lack of health coverage for 
their sick children.
  Under the guise of reform, Republicans are forcing women to choose 
between work and the health of their children, and they are unraveling 
the Nation's health safety net for the poor and the elderly.
  We must defeat the so-called Medicaid reform bill.

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