Madam Speaker, this week, the Trump administration is in court, arguing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down the Affordable Care Act, including taking away coverage for people with preexisting health conditions. If the President gets his way, tens of millions of Americans lose their health insurance, including a lot of people I represent in Michigan. For the 130 million Americans with preexisting conditions, insurance companies would then again be able to discriminate against them and deny them coverage. That is what happens if the Trump administration prevails. If they gut the ACA, caps on annual and lifetime coverage could come back again, and 800,000 Michiganders will lose coverage. While the President and his followers seek to roll back to those days when people could be denied coverage because they are sick--think about that, denied coverage because you are sick--we are fighting to continue to bring down the cost of healthcare. We have an agenda that is for the people to reduce the cost of healthcare and make sure no American has that fear. ____________________
On the recordJuly 12, 2019
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