[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H5938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HEALTHCARE BILL FAILURES

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise today and every day for the working 
families of northwestern Ohio. This includes rural Americans across 
this country who are being left behind by the bills not reaching this 
floor this week.
  Right now, Congress is debating healthcare as if it were an abstract 
policy exercise, but back home, it is very real. It is the factory 
worker in Defiance choosing between insulin and groceries. It is the 
farmer in Fulton County driving an hour to see a doctor and then 
opening a bill he simply cannot pay.
  These proposals do nothing to protect them. Let's be clear. A $1,000 
health savings account is not insurance. It is a coupon, one that 
disappears the moment you walk into an emergency room.
  That money helps people who already have savings. It does not help 
families living paycheck to paycheck. One hospital visit costs more 
than a month's rent.
  Instead of stabilizing premiums, extending ACA subsidies, and 
protecting coverage, these phony bills gamble with people's lives.
  Madam Speaker, healthcare should not depend on your ZIP Code, your 
job title, or the balance in your bank account. Working Ohioans deserve 
real coverage, not false, empty promises.

                          ____________________