[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 193 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 193

             Protecting health coverage for all Americans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2017

 Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Torres, 
 Mr. Langevin, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
 Lipinski, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. 
  Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
  Texas, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Clay, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Soto, Mr. 
   Doggett, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Sanchez, and Mr. Khanna) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
             Protecting health coverage for all Americans.

Whereas before the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 
        over 3,000 Americans died each month due to lack of health care;
Whereas the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has expanded health 
        insurance to over 20 million Americans;
Whereas thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, for the first 
        time, over 90 percent of Americans have health insurance;
Whereas every health plan is strengthened by the protections of the Patient 
        Protection and Affordable Care Act--

    (1) adult children can stay on their parent's health plans until they 
turn 26;

    (2) insurance plans can no longer refuse coverage to millions of 
Americans with pre-existing conditions;

    (3) annual and lifetime caps on the amount paid for health care; and

    (4) health care plans now need to meet basic minimum standards of 
coverage; and

Whereas according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, a repeal of 
        the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would result in--

    (1) 18 million Americans losing their health care;

    (2) health insurance premiums increasing by more than 20 percent;

    (3) the Federal budget deficit increasing by $137 billion in a decade; 
and

    (4) 3 million jobs being lost nationwide; Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
any replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
must--
            (1) keep costs to health care consumers at or below their 
        current rates; and
            (2) keep the uninsured rate at or below its current level.
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