[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 194 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H4763-H4764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, in recognition of National Health Month, let 
me put some quotes out there from individuals that I represent.
  Just in Ohio, we know health insurance will become unaffordable for 
tens

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of thousands of people across our northwest Ohio district, over half a 
million Ohioans, and 15 million Americans.
  Please let me share some examples. A constituent from Clyde, Ohio, 
said it clearly: High insurance prices will allow people to die by 
making healthcare unaffordable. It was terrible before the ACA. We need 
affordable health insurance.
  Another citizen from Edon in Williams County shared how their 
medications had become so costly that they now have to seek out patient 
assistance programs. Their prescription insurance has increased by $119 
a month, which is unmanageable on a fixed income.
  A Toledo resident told me that everything is going up. Groceries cost 
more as well as childcare and rent. Unless Congress acts, health 
insurance premiums for us will double. Our family cannot make it. We 
don't have an extra $100 per month.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope you are listening to these pleas because unless 
we address the cost of health insurance in this country, too many 
people are going to die.

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