[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             TRUMPCARE 2.0

  (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, with TrumpCare 2.0, Republican leaders took a 
bad bill and made it worse.
  On top of causing at least 24 million more Americans to be uninsured, 
raising costs for middle class families, imposing an age tax on older 
Americans, and making everyone pay more for less coverage, this bill 
now guts protections for patients with preexisting illnesses and 
removes the essential health benefits: guaranteed coverage for things 
like prescription drugs, emergency care, maternity care, and mental 
health. All this while still giving billions in tax breaks to 
millionaires.
  Stop being ideologically driven. Put people above partisanship. Put 
patients first, and let's work for a bipartisan plan to reduce out-of-
pocket costs for care and medicine for all Americans.

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