[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 110 (Friday, June 23, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          SMALL BUSINESSES NEED AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE OPTIONS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, small businesses in this country have 
ranked the cost of health insurance as their number one problem for 32 
years straight.
  Democrat policies like ObamaCare have led to skyrocketing health 
insurance costs and a broken individual health market. ObamaCare costs 
taxpayers more than $1 trillion a year while covering less than 5 
percent of the population.
  Small businesses are hardest hit by this as they often struggle to 
afford the absurdly expensive costs of healthcare.
  The health insurance market is overregulated, and power is 
concentrated in just a few large insurers. This is not a free market.
  Medicare itself will be on the rocks in just a few years unless we 
change this tide.
  To ease the burden on small businesses, House Republicans will 
introduce and have introduced the CHOICE Act, which will enhance the 
flexibility and affordability of healthcare for small businesses.

  Small businesses are a cornerstone of our American economy and are 
essential against corporate tyranny, which we see happening these days.
  House Republicans will not let small businesses be crushed to death 
by rising costs and these failed policies.

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