Barbara Boxer: “The House has voted 41 times to defund the Affordable Care Act. They took it all the way to the Supreme Court, the…”

“The House has voted 41 times to defund the Affordable Care Act. They took it all the way to the Supreme Court, the Republican attorneys general. They lost. They made it a centerpiece of the 2012 election. They lost the Presidential election. Now they are willing to shut down the government unless they get their way. So I would conclude by asking some rhetorical questions. Why are the Republicans obsessed with kicking young people off their parents' insurance? Why are the Republicans so obsessed with stopping preventive care, such as checkups and birth control and immunizations? Why are Republicans so obsessed with repealing benefits that guarantee insurance coverage for children and adults with preexisting conditions? Why are they so obsessed with stopping 13 million people from getting insurance who never had the chance before? Why are they so obsessed with stopping 24 million people from getting insurance under the new State health exchanges? Why are they so obsessed with repealing a law that prevents insurance companies from canceling an insurance policy when someone gets sick? Why are they obsessed that we are stopping that practice? Why are they so obsessed when we say you can no longer have an annual dollar limit on benefits? Why are they so obsessed with repealing a law that says to an insurance company: You cannot have a lifetime limit on benefits. Why are they so obsessed with repealing a law that finally stops discrimination against women?…”