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Donald Riegle: “I can state on the Senate floor that a crisis does exist and that we must pass comprehensive health care reform and we…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
I can state on the Senate floor that a crisis does exist and that we must pass comprehensive health care reform and we must pass it this year. I am pleased that we finally have a President and a First Lady who have brought this issue to the forefront and who are leading the effort to deal with it. As this debate goes forward, I think we have to stay focused on why we need reform. We have to stay focused on real people who are everyday being hurt by the problems in our health care system and who cannot solve those problems by themselves and who need our help. The number of Americans that did not have health insurance sometime during the year of 1992 is said to be 38.5 million people. Of that number, 24 million did not have any health insurance coverage at any time during that year.
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Donald Riegle
Democratic · Michigan
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The speaker addresses the urgent health care crisis in the U.S. and the need for comprehensive reform.

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