Joaquin Castro: “Thank you, Congresswoman. And what a powerful story that you have told. I am glad to hear that California has done such…”

“Thank you, Congresswoman. And what a powerful story that you have told. I am glad to hear that California has done such an incredible job in making health care available to its constituents and to its residents. Thank you. I would also point out, Congresswoman Roybal-Allard mentioned something that is very significant because Republicans have tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act now--I think it is about 51 times--50, 51 times. We make no bones about it. There are a lot of Americans--a decent number of Americans who agree with that argument, who say repeal it; but let's understand, if your argument is repeal it, then understand exactly what you are repealing. First, there is no plan that has been offered by the other side--no alternative. Also, if you repeal it, what you are saying now is you are going to, again, allow insurance companies to kick off cancer patients because they hit a lifetime limit, send them out of the hospital, send them home. You are not going to allow recent college graduates to stay on their parents' insurance until they are 26 years old. Remember, health care problems and big hospital bills, for years now, have been the number one reason for personal bankruptcies. People would run out of insurance money. They would have to take out all of their savings from their bank accounts to pay their hospital bills; and then, they could no longer make their mortgage payment, their car payment. They couldn't help their kids go to college.…”