Eva M. Clayton: “our colleagues on the right continue to press for inclusion of the medical savings account proposal in the health…”

“our colleagues on the right continue to press for inclusion of the medical savings account proposal in the health insurance bill currently pending in Congress. Once again, they want to burden average, working Americans to benefit the wealthy and influential. According to the Urban Institute, if the medical savings account proposal is a part of the health insurance bill, premiums for a standard policy could skyrocket by as much as 60 percent. If the Republicans have their way, employers win big and employees lose; high income individuals win big and those earning less than $30,000 a year lose; influential insurance companies win big and average citizens lose. In addition, according to the Urban Institute, workers may be forced into a single insurance, losing their right to choose. Mr. Speaker, we have shaped a bipartisan health insurance plan where no citizen loses and all citizens win. I urge my colleagues on the right to drop this idea of MSA's--an idea which cases many to lose, and support the proposal where all Americans win.”