Pete Stark: “Indeed, good health policy in this nation would prohibit hospitals from doing sophisticated procedures if they do not…”

Those 43,000 people are not just anecdotes. They are people too, who will lose their care if this is repealed.

The CBO has said it would lead to an increase in overall national health spending as seniors and people with disabilities are moved into less efficient, more costly private plans.

The Republicans want to kill Social Security and Medicare and turn them into voucher systems.

I am going to go on record again making clear the strong opposition that Democrats have to the House Republican proposal.