Brian Higgins: “Word coming out of the White House and House Republicans is that there is a new healthcare bill, and this bill would…”

“Word coming out of the White House and House Republicans is that there is a new healthcare bill, and this bill would obliterate the patient protections for preexisting conditions and eviscerate essential benefits and cost controls. Under the new healthcare scam, insurance companies could opt out of all consumer protections. In other words, insurance companies could write fake policies with big premiums and little or no coverage. Mr. Speaker, under this plan, a parent of a kid who is struck with childhood cancer could still buy a policy, but the policy is worthless because the policy would not have to cover their children's cancer treatment. This is how House Republicans and the insurance lobby plan to get out from under their obligation to cover preexisting conditions. This means more power for the insurance companies and less protection for good people, the American people, who play by the rules. This plan should be rejected again. It is deceitful, cold, cruel, and wrong. ____________________”