Frank Pallone: “We may very well need data banks like this in order to ensure that more people are not taken off the rolls or be able to…”

“We may very well need data banks like this in order to ensure that more people are not taken off the rolls or be able to move from one job to another or denied health insurance because of preexisting conditions. So that whatever happens here today under the corrections day calendar will not somehow get out into the general public as something that we will not need for other purposes, because we are determined as Democrats that we want to bring this Kennedy-Kassebaum bill to the floor and eliminate preexisting conditions as a reason for health coverage and also allow people to be able to carry their health insurance with them when they lose their job or go from one job to another.”