Senate bill won't solve health insurance crisis

Editor, the Record:

For many Americans, gaining access to affordable, quality health care continues to be a struggle. Nearly 46 million Americans are currently without health insurance, many of them employed by small businesses. This is a crisis that our nation's leaders definitely need to address. Unfortunately, one of the proposals intended to remedy the problem could make it worse by undermining the critical work Pennsylvania state legislatures have done to ensure coverage for life-saving cancer screenings, such as mammograms.

Currently before the U.S. Senate, the "Health Insurance Marketplace, Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006 S. 1955" is a misguided solution to a fundamental and all to familiar problem for many Americans. This legislation would allow all health insurers to bypass state laws intended to serve as basic consumer protections, including guaranteed coverage for mammograms and other vital cancer screenings. As a result, there is no assurance that employees will have access to these life-saving benefits.

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