[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 638]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                              HEALTH CARE

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I am introducing three legislative 
matters, including legislation on health care, which has been a focal 
point of my attention and my tenure in the Senate, and again for my 
chairmanship of the Appropriations' Subcommittee on Health. I believe 
that we can move ahead to cover the 43 million Americans who are now 
not covered within the existing expenditures of $1.100 trillion a year. 
There are ways to economize. There can be an extension of health care 
by making it easier for small businesses to pool their resources and 
buy health insurance, by accelerating the date when there will be full 
deductibility for health care, and there could be very, very 
substantial savings possible on matters which are specified in the 
course of this legislation.

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