Rob Andrews: “Colleagues, somewhere in America today a family is going to get the devastating news you all dread about your children…”

“Colleagues, somewhere in America today a family is going to get the devastating news you all dread about your children: they're going to hear that that lump in their daughter's stomach is cancer. And they're going to go home and they're going to have all the agony and they're going to have all of the unthinkable thoughts that parents are going to have in that situation, but they are going to be faced with another problem because they have no health insurance. Both the mom and the dad work. They make about $40,000 a year between the two of them. They don't get coverage at work, and they can't afford health insurance. So their agony is not just being worried about the health of their child, they are worried about the fact that if they give the child the care that she needs, they'll lose everything that they have and wind up in bankruptcy court. The Affordable Care Act says to that couple that starting January 1, for about $40 a week, they can have health insurance coverage as good as Members of Congress do. That's what the Affordable Care Act says. This bill repeals that for that family. Those who are prepared to vote for this bill should also be prepared to answer the following question: If you want to say to that family that their concern isn't important enough, what's your plan? What's your answer to them? Now, we'll hear that people have introduced bills and sent around letters. Here are the facts.…”