[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ``REPLACE'' IN REPUBLICANS' ``REPEAL AND 
                               REPLACE''?

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Okay, 38th time repealing all or part of the Affordable 
Care Act. Now, the Republican mantra was ``Repeal and Replace,'' but 
somewhere along the way they forgot about the ``replace'' part. So 
tomorrow, total repeal.
  Well, what does that mean? I've got a few concerns.
  It means insurance companies can go back to rescinding, that is, 
taking away your policy when you get sick even if you've been paying 
premiums. They could do that until this law passed.
  And 3.1 million young adults, 18 to 26, oops, you're off your 
parents' policy. Sorry. No insurance.
  5.3 million seniors who got their doughnut hole reduced last year, 
sorry, you're back in the bill doughnut hole.
  3.54 million people in private plans who got free preventative 
procedures last year, sorry, those aren't free anywhere.
  Up to 17 million children with preexisting health conditions would 
again be denied coverage.
  105 million people in health care plans that previously had lifetime 
limits, well, your lifetime limit is back.
  So total repeal, no replace, doing incredible damage to seniors, 
children, and many other insured Americans.

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