Donald M. Payne: “The contrast between Republicans and Democrats on the issue of healthcare could not be any clearer. Why do Republicans…”

“The contrast between Republicans and Democrats on the issue of healthcare could not be any clearer. Why do Republicans in the Trump administration want to make Americans sick again? They want to eliminate protections for people with preexisting conditions. They want to take us backward. Democrats, on the other hand, want to make America healthy. We want to expand healthcare access. We want to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, and we want to make sure that people with preexisting conditions are not denied insurance coverage. Madam Speaker, more than 200,000 people in New Jersey who purchased their insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace have preexisting conditions. That is why H.R. 986, the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act, is so important. It would block the Trump administration's efforts to weaken the Affordable Care Act's protections for preexisting conditions, because there is no going back to healthcare discrimination. ____________________”