[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 22, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H2300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
UN-AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT TAKES US BACKWARD
(Mr. HECK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. HECK. Mr. Speaker, let's make this clear. The Un-American Health
Care Act doesn't just repeal advances with ObamaCare, it takes us
backward to a point worse off than we were before the Affordable Care
Act.
It guts Medicaid, and will fail to meet existing needs, hurting
vulnerable children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, and
seniors needing long-term care, hurting them all.
It abandons Planned Parenthood services. Women with nowhere else to
turn will lose access to critical services like pelvic exams and pap
tests.
I am here today speaking on behalf of single mom Sherry, cancer
survivor Marty, star student Kelty, and little Gracie and her devoted
grandmother Donna.
We are all one voice saying we cannot afford to make the American
healthcare system even worse than it was before ObamaCare. That is the
path the un-American Health Care Act will carve. My friends, let's not
go down that path. Vote ``no.''
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