[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 114 (Monday, July 9, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4830-S4831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                               Healthcare

  Finally, Mr. President, one word on healthcare. Another issue the 
President has failed to deliver on is healthcare. After promising far 
better and cheaper healthcare for all Americans, President Trump has 
relentlessly

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sabotaged our healthcare system, undermined key protections for 
Americans with preexisting conditions, done all he can to see the 
premiums rise. Probably the No. 1 issue bothering America today is 
rising healthcare costs.
  Last week, the Trump administration found another way to sabotage our 
existing healthcare system, suspending a critical program that 
stabilizes the healthcare insurance markets. This comes at a time when 
2019 premiums are being filed, and insurers from coast to coast are 
saying the Republican sabotage is causing premiums to increase, to be 
much higher than they need to be. Many of these insurers are also 
saying that if the Trump administration enacts further sabotage, such 
as actions like this one and the expansion of junk plans that hurt 
people with preexisting conditions, then insurers may need to amend 
their rates and raise premiums even more. This relentless healthcare 
sabotage is politically motivated, spiteful, and accomplishes nothing 
except to raise costs on middle-class families and taxpayers. The Trump 
administration needs to fix this newest sabotage as quickly as 
possible.
  I yield the floor.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority whip.