[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 95 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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     LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO HELP AMERICAN FAMILIES HAVE HEALTHCARE

  (Mr. KILMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, first, do no harm. That is rule number one 
for every doctor, and it should be rule number one for this President 
and this Congress as well. But because of the harmful, partisan 
healthcare politics in Washington, D.C., next year, a quarter million 
people in Washington State will have to spend 19 percent more per month 
on their health insurance.
  That adds up for a lot of folks. It will add up to the difference 
between being able to afford healthcare or not. Families in Washington 
State will have less money in their pockets because of the choices to 
do harm by this Congress and this administration.
  It is a choice to cut, as this administration did, the Federal 
payments that make healthcare cheaper for families. It is a choice to 
obsessively try to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, as this House and 
this administration have done, creating uncertainty and driving up 
costs.
  Listen, the Affordable Care Act was not perfect, but it meant cheaper 
healthcare and more people with insurance. Let's fix it rather than 
harm people.
  Rather than partisan attacks that do harm to the healthcare system 
and harm to family budgets, let's first do no harm, and then let's work 
together to actually help American families have healthcare.

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