[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2946-H2947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RETAIN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, well, the President says that Republicans 
are ``the party of healthcare.'' I think it would be more accurate to 
say that they are the party of taking away your healthcare.
  The Trump administration is moving to eliminate the Affordable Care 
Act in its entirety, every provision, which would mean millions of 
Americans would lose health coverage.
  Let's remind ourselves what would happen if the ACA were eliminated:
  Millions of Americans with preexisting conditions, including 1.7 
million in Michigan, would be at the whim of big insurance companies 
who once again would be free to discriminate against them because they 
are sick or once had an illness;
  Millions of Americans, including 690,000 Michiganders enrolled in the 
Healthy Michigan Medicaid expansion, would lose health insurance. If 
they prevail, they lose health insurance;
  Eliminating the ACA would also hinder our ability to deal with the

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opioid crisis, since the ACA requires insurance companies to cover 
substance abuse treatment.
  And the Republicans have no plan. Take away the healthcare from 
Americans; no plan to replace it. We ought to reject that.

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