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




  HEALTHCARE--REINSURANCE, PREEXISTING CONDITIONS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

  (Mrs. CRAIG asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CRAIG. Madam Speaker, we have an urgent problem that we must 
immediately find common ground on to solve. If healthcare isn't 
affordable, it is not accessible. That is why I led the introduction of 
the State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, a bill to lower the cost 
of health insurance premiums in the individual market by 10 percent, on 
average, across the country. But that is only part of the solution.
  Fifty-one percent of nonelderly people in my congressional district 
have a preexisting condition. That is why it is critical that we pass 
the bill that I have cosponsored, the Protecting Pre-Existing 
Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019.
  I will fight this administration every day if they roll back 
healthcare in this country. It is not perfect, but we have to put aside 
the petty politics of the past and quit thinking that if we fix our 
Nation's healthcare, somehow we are handing the other side a victory.
  People across this country need our help. They need us to fix the 
cost of prescription drugs. They need us to unleash generic 
competition.

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