[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 24, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
HELPING SICK AMERICANS NOW ACT
(Mr. CONYERS asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to begin our discussion with H.R.
1549, which will be up tomorrow, Helping Sick Americans Now Act.
I am not supporting this bill because the bill's proposals are
counterintuitive to the anticipated outcome of the Prevention and
Public Health Fund. This legislation strips 4 years of funding from the
prevention fund to pay for a very short extension of a new enrollment
in the preexisting condition insurance plan.
Further, the bill insists on a partisan offset that effectively
eliminates the Prevention and Public Health Fund through 2016 to,
instead, reopen the Federal High-Risk Pool Program provided by the
Affordable Care Act through the end of the year.
While I support reopening the high-risk pool, I cannot support how
this bill goes about creating the funding.
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