[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, when the Health Care Reform Act was 
passed, it had in it section 1560. That section recognizes the Hawaii 
Prepaid Health Care Act. Why? Because we have the lowest premiums in 
the Nation and we have one of the best coverages afforded for that. And 
why is that? Because we recognized very early on that you need to do a 
series of things. One, you need to share risks; two, you need to cover 
everyone; and, three, you need to make things available. Health care 
has to be available. And for that, we have a great system, a system 
that still needs to be tweaked, a system that will benefit from the 
Affordable Health Care Act.
  What does that tell you? It took us 36 years to get it right, and 
we're still working on it. And my colleagues across the aisle want to 
repeal something that hasn't been around for a year.
  Now, the American people do not want that. They want us to learn from 
when things are done right. Look at what we've done--36 years and we're 
getting it right. But it's still not perfect. We've got to keep 
listening, and we've got to hear the people.

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