[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 104 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLAN PROPOSAL

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, my prayers are with the 
immigrant families who were being separated at the border. The 
administration's actions were inhumane, and I am glad the President 
reversed these actions.
  As the children are sleeping on the floor behind a cage wishing they 
would hear from their mom and dad, the administration and Republican 
majority are working silently, chipping away at the Affordable Care 
Act.
  The Trump administration released a rule that would greatly expand 
association healthcare plans, which are exempt from the Affordable Care 
Act's essential healthcare benefits, including maternity care, mental 
healthcare, and prescription drugs. This new loophole will bring back 
junk, or fake, plans that provide little or no health coverage.
  Repeal of the Affordable Care Act didn't happen, but the Republicans' 
sabotage of our Nation's healthcare system continues, and our uninsured 
Americans continue to grow.
  These junk plans will siphon off young, healthy people, damaging the 
ACA marketplaces and leaving everyone else with higher premiums. The 
fake insurance may not cover emergency room treatment or other terrible 
illnesses.
  Americans need healthcare, not fake insurance.

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