[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 42 (Saturday, March 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. SCHWARTZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHWARTZ. Today we are close to achieving a long-sought goal 
ensuring that all Americans have access to meaningful, affordable 
health coverage. Passing health care reform benefits all of us: 
families, seniors, businesses, taxpayers, and our Nation.
  This plan includes many vital prescriptions that strengthen health 
care for all Americans, provisions that I have fought hard for: 
prohibiting insurance companies from excluding preexisting condition 
coverage for children and adults. Six months after reform is passed, 
all children will be protected from these denials, strengthening 
primary care for seniors with a new focus on those with chronic 
diseases. Seniors will no longer have to pay copayments for 
preventative care and will have greater access to primary care doctors 
and nurses. And reform ensures that all insurance policies use plain, 
easy-to-understand language so that consumers know what they're buying 
and can honestly compare their choices.
  The status quo is unacceptable and unsustainable. I urge a ``yes'' 
vote on health care reform.

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