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Excerpt from Oversight Hearings on the Administration's Health Care Proposal: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, Hearings Held in Washington, DC, October 21 and 26, 1993 The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:10 a.m. Room 2261, Raybum House Office Building, Hon. Pat Williams, Chairman, presiding. Members present: Representatives Williams, Martinez, Payne, Unsoeld, Klink, Green, Roukema, Gunderson, Armey, Hoekstra, Goodling, Ballenger and McKeon. Staff present: Phyllis Borzi, counsel for employee benefits; Jon Weintraub, staff director; Gail Brown-Hubb, staff assistant; Russ Mueller, actuary/professional staff member; and Patrick Beers, staff assistant. Chairman Williams. Good morning. I call this hearing of the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations to order. This morning the subcommittee will focus on the economic effect of escalating health care costs on individuals and families and businesses and the benefits that will likely flow from reforming this current health care system or non-system. When President Clinton spoke to the American people a few weeks ago outlining the goals of his health care reform plan, he spoke first about the need for security and we all remember him holding up that health security cards. That card is the symbol of security, security of access to all, to a nationally defined comprehensive package of benefits. The President spoke of fully portable coverage that is always there, limited not by ability to pay, not by whether or not you are sick or by the fine print in an insurance policy norby a financial decision of an employer to provide insurance or not provide it. These health benefits that the President envisions could never be taken away. All across this country that promise of security has struck a very responsive chord. More and more Americans understand how easy it is to lose their coverage either because the cost has been prohibitive for employers, individuals or families, or because coverage has been canceled or limited because an individual became ill or because an individual has changed jobs. People understand how easy it is to lose that coverage and security means a great deal to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.