[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             MAKE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE

  (Mrs. DAHLKEMPER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DAHLKEMPER. Mr. Speaker, in this health care debate, we have 
called on health insurance companies, health care providers and the 
Federal Government to make major improvements to how they provide 
health care. Yet we have not asked the benefactors of these changes to 
make a contribution to reform. We have not asked anything of the 
American people.
  Successful health care reform must include a robust public policy to 
encourage personal responsibility and healthy living. Insurance 
discounts are a straightforward means to encourage healthy living.
  Most automobile insurers offer safe driver discounts for 
responsibility behind the wheel. A healthy living discount can reward 
healthy behavior and encourage personal responsibility.
  I urge my colleagues to adopt H.R. 3472, a bill to create health 
insurance premium discounts of up to 20 percent for healthy behavior 
and improvements toward healthy behavior.
  It's good public policy to help Americans live well. My bill creates 
a tangible incentive to live well and live healthy.

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