[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker, all Americans, all people have the right 
to accessible and affordable healthcare.
  While I am proud that we have recently passed five bills that improve 
and strengthen healthcare accessibility, lower prescription prices, and 
protect access for those with preexisting conditions, we still have 
much more work to do.
  Healthcare is the people's issue. When polled, 75 percent of 
Americans listed it as the most important issue to them, and not just 
healthcare, but affordable, accessible healthcare. We must fight to 
improve our healthcare system.
  We must fight the opioid crisis.
  We must fight to lower prescription prices, and we must unite to make 
sure that Americans do not go into debt because they or a loved one has 
an emergency or are diagnosed with a terrible illness.
  The only way we are going to make real change, the only way we can 
protect people is if we work to come together to really form real 
solutions.
  My message should be clear: healthcare is truly a right.

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