[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4467]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             WOMEN'S HEALTH

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 28, 2012

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, women are just over 50 percent of the U.S. 
population, but we bear much more than half of the Nation's health care 
costs.
  In so many ways, the American health care system has been geared 
toward men, men's bodies and men's needs. As women we've had to fight 
and struggle for parity, and finally the Affordable Care Act has given 
us that level playing field.
  So naturally, my friends in the majority want to scrap this law that 
has helped so many women obtain life-saving preventive care services. 
They couldn't repeal it through the democratic process, so now they're 
trying to get the Supreme Court to do it.
  We must say no. No, we will not tolerate discrimination in the health 
care system. No, being woman is not a pre-existing condition.

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