Frank Pallone: “As I said, now our vice chair of the committee also is going into all the reasons why we should repeal the Affordable…”

“As I said, now our vice chair of the committee also is going into all the reasons why we should repeal the Affordable Care Act. So I think maybe at this time, Mr. Chairman, I would like to just read, if I could, from the Statement of Administration Policy. This is the President's statement about why this bill should not pass. He says: ``The administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 3762. The House now has attempted to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act more than 50 times. By repealing numerous key elements of current law, H.R. 3762 would take away critical benefits and health care coverage from hard-working middle-class families. The bill also would remove policies that are expected to help slow the growth in health care costs and that have improved the quality of care patients receive. H.R. 3762 would increase the deficit in the long term and detract from the work that Congress could be doing to foster job creation and economic growth.'' The Affordable Care Act is working and is fully integrated into an improved American healthcare system. Discrimination based on preexisting conditions is a thing of the past. Under the Affordable Care Act, we have seen the slowest growth in healthcare prices in nearly 50 years benefiting all Americans. Repealing key elements of the Affordable Care Act would result in millions of individuals remaining uninsured or losing the insurance they have today.…”