[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 148 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H7881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXAS ACA LAWSUIT

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Texas Attorney 
General Ken Paxton and more than a dozen Republican attorneys general 
began their case in a Texas Federal court arguing that the Affordable 
Care Act's preexisting protection is unconstitutional.
  According to the Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 130 
million adults under age 65 have preexisting conditions. Prohibiting 
health insurance providers from denying coverage to Americans with 
preexisting conditions remains one of the most popular parts of the 
Affordable Care Act.
  If the court were to strike that part of the law, thousands of 
American families would be denied coverage or go broke because of the 
unaffordable health costs. We can't roll back the clock.
  I am shocked it is my home State taking the lead on this divisive 
issue when Texas still has the highest number of uninsured individuals 
in the Nation. What is more frustrating is Mr. Paxton stated in court 
briefs that States challenging the ACA should be able to eliminate 
protections if the judge does not decide to strike the law entirely.
  People need certainty in their healthcare, not politics.

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