[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  SYNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES AND WELLNESS

  (Ms. CASTOR of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, through health care reform, we're 
going to ensure that families are healthy and that we put money back 
into their pockets. And here's a great example:
  Yesterday when I was home in Tampa, I paid a visit to Syniverse 
Technologies, a global communications firm that employs 650 people. We 
unveiled Syniverse's new onsite health clinic and wellness initiative. 
The workplace clinic is staffed with a medical assistant and a nurse 
practitioner, and employees love it.
  The Syniverse team explained that they expect to save $1 million over 
the next 5 years due to the convenient clinic and their wellness 
initiative that encourages employees to lose weight, stop smoking, and 
lead healthier lives.
  Syniverse employees don't have to miss work for doctor's appointments 
or to run to the drug store for simple prescriptions. They can bring 
their families there with no copay. It is smart, it is convenient and 
less expensive for employees, and it's smart for the companies because 
the employees will be more productive. Syniverse expects lower health 
insurance costs because the company's employees will be healthier.
  One of the goals of the Democratic health care reform is to encourage 
these innovative community clinics and wellness initiatives for 
families and businesses so that health care is more convenient and it's 
more affordable for others.

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