[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3712-3713]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the

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House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, we lead busy lives here, and I 
don't want to blame my colleagues for being forgetful, nor do I want to 
accuse anyone of just not caring. But I do have to remind the House 
that before the health care law, insurance companies were free to 
discriminate against women, and they did so with reckless abandon. 
Women were charged 50 percent more than men for the same insurance 
coverage, and pregnancy could be considered a preexisting condition.
  Reform ends this discrimination, but, unfortunately, many in Congress 
and people on the campaign trail have forgotten the past, and they seem 
to be determined to repeal it. Reform put women in control of their 
health, and shame on those who put insurance companies back in charge.

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