[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14092-14093]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EFFORTS TO DISMANTLE OBAMACARE

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to raise serious concerns 
about the President-elect's plan to dismantle ObamaCare.

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  As an architect of the law, I am proud to report that the percentage 
of Americans uninsured is at a record low. More than 20 million 
additional Americans have health care, and a million additional 
enrollees are expected this year. The Affordable Care Act is, in fact, 
working.
  Reports have surfaced that the President-elect's plan to dismantle 
ObamaCare would eliminate the subsidies that have enabled more than 70 
percent of consumers to find plans at less than $75 a month. Any effort 
to eliminate subsidies would lead to unsustainable cost increases and a 
loss of healthcare coverage for people nationwide.
  There is also a threat to undo the Medicaid expansion under which 
almost 16 million Americans have been insured. With children 
representing about half of all Medicaid recipients, the elimination of 
that expansion would be disastrous for the most vulnerable Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats stand ready to work to improve and strengthen 
the Affordable Care Act, but we will continue to stand resolute against 
any effort to dismantle it. For the sake of the American people, we 
can't get this wrong.

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