Health Care Reform

Floor Speech

Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the significant benefits our health care bill will have on American women. Simply put, the health care bill will provide more security, higher quality care, and is a better deal for America's daughters, mothers, and grandmothers.

In the current health care system, women often face higher health care costs than men and multiple other barriers to obtain health insurance. Fewer women are eligible for employer-based coverage, and comprehensive coverage in the individual health care market is often unavailable, prohibitively expensive, or excludes key services that women need. As a result, many women are either uninsured or underinsured and simply cannot afford their health care costs. This affects individual women, their families, and their businesses.

For all these reasons, it is imperative that we pass health insurance reform legislation and provide all Americans with the quality health care they deserve at a cost they can afford. Mr. Speaker, I look forward to joining my colleagues in doing so this week.

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