House Proceeding on Jan 14th, 2009 :: 2:20:50 to 2:23:45
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2:20:42 to 2:21:03( Edit History Discussion )

Charles W. Jr.Boustany: time, colleagues, to act, to cover 11 million children with the health care coverage they deserve and need. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california plrks herger. mr. herger: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from louisiana, mr. boustany. the speaker pro tempore: the

2:20:45 to 2:22:05( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Charles W. Jr.Boustany

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: gentleman from louisiana is recognized. mr. boustany: we recognize the importance of high quality health care for all children in this country. in addition to the declining source of revenue as a means to pay for this, which i believe is an irresponsible way to legislate on health care, there is another problem that needs to be discussed and that is does this bill provide real access to

2:21:26 to 2:21:46( Edit History Discussion )

Charles W. Jr.Boustany: quality health care? too often children on medicaid and schip receive fewer visits from primary care providers than those with private coverage. that's clear. and much more likely to seek care in the emergency room. they don't get the necessary screenings and vaccinations. g.a.o. criticized programs like

2:21:47 to 2:22:05( Edit History Discussion )

Charles W. Jr.Boustany: schip for disregarding access problems. it's disappointing to me as a physician that the majority rushed this flawed bill to the floor without permitting any opportunity for improvements. i offered an amendment which was not allowed which would have encouraged states to report

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Eliot L. Engel: access problems and require states to report their plans to limit crowdout for private coverage. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's ti has expired. mr. boustany: i ask my statement be included in the record the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. mr. pallone: i yield one minute

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Speech By: Eliot L. Engel

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Eliot L. Engel: to the gentleman from new york, mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. engel: thank you, madam speaker, i rise in strong support of the bill. i'm proud that uer our new administration we will enact a comprehensive, robust re-authorization of the schip program which will provide health care to over 11 million low-income children. no more playing politics with

2:22:49 to 2:23:09( Edit History Discussion )

Eliot L. Engel: our children, no more presidential vetoes with this bill. we are going to do what is right for our nation. it makes economic sense to cover the uninsured. when we fail to provide our citizens with primary and preventive care, routine health problems compound. my home state operates a separate program called child

2:23:10 to 2:23:30( Edit History Discussion )

Eliot L. Engel: health plus. as of december, 2006, nearly 400,000 children were enrolled and receiving comprehensive health care coverage in the program. as the third largest schip program in the nation, new york reduced the number of uninsured children in the state by 40%. we are only one of seven states to do that. and new york's program has

2:23:31 to 2:23:35( Edit History Discussion )

Eliot L. Engel: increased enrollment by over a quarter of a million children.

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John Linder: schip contributed to nearly 30% increase in children enrolled in medicaid. this is necessary and we should all support this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expid. the gentleman from california, mr. herger has five minutes remaining. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, has 6 1/4 and the gentleman from california has seven minutes remaining.

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Speech By: John Linder