Raúl Grijalva: “I will state that nobody should ever be denied basic healthcare, period. No one is better off when people are forced to…”

“I will state that nobody should ever be denied basic healthcare, period. No one is better off when people are forced to receive healthcare in emergency rooms or receive a later stage diagnosis because of lack of preventive care and seeing a doctor on a regular basis. Over 22 million people, including 400,000 Arizonans, with marketplace coverage are seeing their premiums skyrocket. I cannot state this any clearer: People cannot afford to pay more for their healthcare and shouldn't be forced to. Allowing premiums to skyrocket, enacting a backdoor abortion ban, and allowing plans to not cover things like maternity care and preexisting conditions is not a solution. It is abandonment. I urge a 'no' vote on this bill.”