NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Speaker, I thank you for this debate; and it does point up some basic differences that exist between the gentleman…”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank you for this debate; and it does point up some basic differences that exist between the gentleman from California (Mr. Stark) and many of us on the majority side. It is interesting to hear the call for nationalized insurance, and certainly that is one philosophical point of view that one can offer here. I think it is important not to lose sight of our goal. Indeed, this House has acted in incremental fashion before to put in place long-term care insurance. Indeed, already close to 5.5 million Americans have these policies. We expect them to grow in short time to 11.5 million Americans. That is a significant portion of our population. And we need to offer an opportunity for this to grow even larger because the question comes, who will be responsible as our society continues to age? Will we see up to 75 percent of funds coming into the government dealing with questions of health and old age for the American populace? Or commensurate with our national heritage and our primary philosophy in this country, does it not make sense to provide for self-sufficiency? The challenge has been noted. Budgetary restraints have kept us from the ideal, but we deal with the real here today.”