This analysis shows the importance of the mandate penalty also.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration attacked this crucial initiative by slashing it by over 80 percent since 2016, as well as big cuts to outreach and advertising efforts.

I do not understand that, but what I do know is the Democrats are going to forge ahead in our goal to lower healthcare costs for the American people.

Reinsurance pays for the costs of people with serious medical conditions whose healthcare costs are significantly higher than the average person.

I can't imagine a State that would take the money and just do reinsurance.

This administration is sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and then turning around and saying rates have gone up.

I am very concerned about the efforts of this administration to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.

I think we do have options to shore up the Affordable Care Act and they are bipartisan.

So my ENROLL Act will guarantee that navigators remain on task to ensure that our neighbors understand the financial assistance and coverage options available to them.

These policies are having the direct effect of raising premiums and pricing millions of Americans out of coverage.

We should restore this critical funding and ensure that navigators can provide fair and impartial information on people's enrollment and financial assistance options.

The bills we are considering today reflect Democrats' continued commitment to delivering on our promise to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for all Americans.

I come to the floor this afternoon with mixed emotions--mixed emotions because I feel a tremendous sense of gratitude but also sadness because at the end of this month, tomorrow, after more than a decade of working together, my chief of…

this is a public health problem for which science has already provided a solution: a safe and effective vaccine.

Thanks to the introduction of the MMR vaccine, 56 years ago the vast majority of families in the United States have never had to experience firsthand.

the reemergence of this highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease poses a threat beyond the pockets of communities.

it isn't true that the outbreak is over in New Jersey.

When I try to talk to families and parents about immunization, I don't want to scare them into getting measles vaccine.