Speech #960157792

I thank the gentleman because when he talks about the city and the State of New York. there are some unique factors that are covered in the bill. H.R. 2626. but would not be covered in the substitute. Any problem that we have had in asking for additional moneys for any hospital. private or public. in the city and State of New York is due entirely to the fact that we have a larger number of uninsured people in the State of New York. and the additional factor that we have undocumented workers that use our public and private hospital system. But the gentleman cannot distinguish. the gentleman cannot really argue against the fact that when we deal with an industrialized State with such a high cost of living such as the State of New York that we have not dramatically reduced the increase in hospital cost care as a result of our mandatory system.