Tom Malinowski: “40 million Americans have lost their jobs in the biggest global pandemic in modern history. Not long ago, most of them…”

“40 million Americans have lost their jobs in the biggest global pandemic in modern history. Not long ago, most of them would have lost their health insurance, too. I bet that in the last 3 months every single one of us, Republican and Democrat, in private or public moments with our constituents has reassured them that at least the Affordable Care Act is there for you, you do not have to lose your health insurance in the middle of this crisis. So how can it be that at this very moment when the value of the ACA is so plainly obvious to tens of millions of Americans, the administration is in court trying to strike it down? The President has told us repeatedly he wants to protect people with preexisting conditions, but right there in his brief to the Supreme Court, it explicitly says that should be struck down, too. And when we ask him, What will you do to replace the ACA if it is struck down? He says, I won't tell you until after the election. Come on. Now, today we are going to pass the Patient Protection Act, which means, unlike the President, we are willing to tell the American people, now, exactly how we plan to improve healthcare in America. We believe that the ACA should be improved, not taken away. The Congressional Budget Office says that this plan for doing so will lower premiums Americans pay by 10 percent.…”