Political Quotes

“I remind my colleague from Texas that his vote for this bill could increase premiums for people with diabetes in Texas by $5,100. I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette). Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, the American Health Care Act was pulled from the House floor in March because the American people realized it was a deeply flawed bill. That bill would have ripped healthcare coverage away from 24 million of our constituents. For those lucky enough to maintain coverage, the bill would have massively raised premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs. The crushing age tax in this bill would force older adults to pay astronomically high premiums. So what did the majority do in the last 6 weeks? They made the bill worse. The MacArthur amendment lets States opt out of the essential benefits of the ACA. Not only would this jeopardize insurance availability for the one-third of Americans who have preexisting conditions, it would let insurance companies deny coverage altogether for maternity, for emergency room, for mental health, and for other essential benefits. And because the MacArthur amendment eliminates community ratings, everybody's insurance costs would skyrocket. I am going to tell you something. My Republican colleagues are going to be really, really sorry that they rushed this bill to the floor before they got an amended CBO score.…”