[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 117 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   COVERAGE OF PREEXISTING CONDITIONS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, President Trump, along with his Republican 
choir here in Congress, is sabotaging your healthcare.
  First, his administration put hurdles to enrollment by slashing 
outreach for insurance signup efforts, and then he just announced he 
was slashing navigator funding. Now the administration cut off key 
payments to insurers that helped stabilize insurance markets.
  This Republican Congress repealed the requirement that everyone have 
insurance, which puts further strains on costs in the healthcare 
system. Meanwhile, Republicans in States across our Union are urging 
Federal courts to rule health protections for 130 million people with 
preexisting conditions unconstitutional.
  Ohioans are staring down an 8 percent increase in premiums for 2019, 
and what is the Trump administration doing? Sabotaging people's 
healthcare.
  His Supreme Court nominee has now questioned the constitutionality of 
key elements of coverage in the Affordable Care Act.
  There are bipartisan solutions to help Americans facing the daunting 
task of paying rising healthcare costs. This Congress must choose 
people over the profits of big pharmaceutical insurance companies. 
Human lives hang in the balance.

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