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Copyright (c) 199'4 Roll Call, Inc,
Roll Call
June 13, 1994
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HEADLINE: The President Says, !IWe Must. I We Will.
Seize the Moment: Provide Private Health Coverage for All, Guaranteed
BYLINE: By Hillary Rodham Cl
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Together, we confront a
moment. It is a moment when we ask
ourselves: Are we going to join every otherindustriali~ed country and
health coverage to all of our 'citizens? The President's answer is "Yes, we
must," and I believe we will. :
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Whethei we seize this moment will tell us about our willingness as a .nation
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to take the necessary steps to renew our strength and vitality.
After all, unless we
health security; control
concentrate on pract
who we are as a people and
coverage to everyone, we will not
eve real
ins health costs; free doctors and nurses to
ine; and reward work. This is a 'critical .test of
~test we cannot afford to fail.
We all agree that America
the best medical care in the world; that is not
what this debate is about. And though the debate is, to a certain extent, about
t,he way we finance heal th care, it is also much bigger than that. It is a debate
about what kind of country we
and intend to be.
Guaranteeing every American' health care,first and foremost, is about
security for all of u's, not only the 58' million Americans who lack coverage at
some point each year.
None of u S , t h e except'ion of those already eligible for Medicare,can
know that . this time next month', or.
next year, we .will have a'ffordable health
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i.nsurance. None of us under th'e age of 65 has that
. None of us can
predict the state of our health, None of us knows when an accident may occur.
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When Americans don't feel s,ecureabout their health coverage, they stay in
jobs they would otherwise. leave because they fear los
their health coverage.
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They
on welfare, where, medical benefits are
.. And this lack of
security hurts the people who ,are the most vulnerable
young families and
working women. That's why guaranteed private insurance for everyone must be the
cornerstone of health reform.
Some
e argue we can achieve reforms like
lity"- taking your
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insurance with you if you
your job or change jobs
without guara~teeing
coverage to everyone.
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But as Sen. john Chafee (R-RI) has rightly pointed out:' You can't very well
achieve portability without un'iversal coverage. Insurance isn't very IIportable
for a person who has just los~ his or her job~if, suddenly;
are responsible
for the full ,cost of their old health coverage.
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The importance of guarant
coverage for everyone goes beyond
'to
the issue of controlling skyrocketing health care costs. As a nation, we spend
more money per person than any other by far, and yet we'don't guarantee coverage
to all of our citizens.,
Without reform,ris
health care costs will threaten the
strained
budgets of our families, busin'esses, and state and federal governments.
If we do not insure everyone, we will continue to see "cost-shifting" where
those of us who aie insured pay higher premiums and increased taxes to make up
for the uncompensated care c6sts of those who do not P9-Y for themselves.
Businesses that provide insurance to their e'mployees will continue to pay for
those who do not. Costs will 'c,ontinue to spiral upward.
The evidence is overwhelming. In New York 'state, for
e, insurance
reforms in the absence of universal coverage raised costs, by as much as 35
,percent. As health policy expeFts Ted Marmor and
Marshaw of Yale put it,
"cost control becomes easier when the plan is universal, not harder."
Or, as the Wall Street Journal pointed out, the cost of a standard benefits
'package when everyone is cover!ed is 19 percetlt less than it would be if some
people were left unprotected. Universal coverage ,is n'ot just important to
security
it is an economic ilnperative.
Guaranteeing private insurance to every American will not only make our
e and our ,economy healthier, but also will give
, nurses, ahd other
health professionals the time'~hey need ~6 concentrate on-practicing medicine
instead of dealing with insurapce company red tape'and bureaucracy.
IE th everyone covered, we can have a single claims form - instead of today's
different forms from over 1,50:0 insurance compani~s, With a standard,
comprehensive benefits
doctors won't have to hire people to si,t on the
phone with the insurance compahies to haggle over what's covered and what's not.
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Health 'care providers also ~on' t have to worry const;:antly about gett,ing
reimbursed for their 'work. Today, doctors,hospitals, and other health'care
professionals are 'sometimes fb~ced to turn away patients because the patients
have no insurance and no ability to pay for services.
No doctor should ever be put in such a situation. With everyone guaranteed'
coverage (and providers guaranteed reimbursement), doctors, nurses, and
hospitals will be able to retu~n to their traditional role: caring for the
patient- no matter what.
Guaranteeing coverage is al~o important to restoring an old-fashioned
American value
the importance of hard work. Today's system rewards welfare
over work. If you're on wel
,you're, guaranteed health coverage for yourself
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and your family. But if you w~nt to leave welfare and get a job, you
your
family's health security at ri:sk.~
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Think
message that we send to literally millions and millions of
.. Under. the present. system, we tell people very' .cl
to work f~rsomeone who will help you with yo~r
or.if'you're pool' enough and down on
luck eno:ugh to, quali
goverriment
assistance,' then' you"II have health
. But .if YOU're'in
middle and
you .get up
day and work Ifor Ii I
. and, you .cannot afford.health'
insurance
, you I re out' ..of luck."
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No hard wor~ing American citizens
.. health care. for their childrer:i;
. stop'this
happening!again ..
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have. to go on welfare to provide.,
privat;e inslJrance·
will.
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When our work is done, we 0ill no
have 'to hear ~ea~tbrea~in~~tories
like the one I heard in Cleve~and. from a woman who': was hold~ng qne of her two
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daughters who have chronic iIln~sses.
She told me' about a convers~ation
had with an iris.urance c,ompany
,
representative ,as she was tryi!ng to. f
health coverage' for her ,daughters . . The
insurance cOmpany representati've told her: . "There isn I t any coverage 'availabJe
'for
daughters because,
I, ":,,e don I t insur~ burning buildings,"
how. that young mother felt, and. ask yourself if we can 'coritinue to
live with a 'health care sys~em that treats sick children ~s risks that ~re best
avoided.
been an honor for me to
icipate 'in this hi
the
tr~~eling around our, great nation and
hu~dreds'and hundreds of
zens.
oi·
deba'te, . I've' had'
down with
I've heard story after story of what, our broken health care syst,em do~s every
day to hard~workihg Americans.i .It breeds insecurity, threatens our economic
, stands at odds with,
, andsometimes tears.
families.
I know we can do better.
America can.and
I do what we know. is
right. And when we guarantee
security.to every American, I want to be
able to'go back to ail the .
peopleL've met
just as Members9f
,
will be' abi~,to go back to their constituents-and
: "We have: just
sed a bill that gUi"rantees :that you will never lose
health coverage for
the rest of your life. "That .will truly be a historic moment.,
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As an American citizen
you as we confro~2 this chal
lasting', meaningful
'. do i t this,yeax.~
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abo~t the health
.~ur nation, 'I stand with
tha ttouches all of us'.' I ,am convinced. we .~an
, And with the hard 'wo'rk
Cqngress,' we will
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