House Minority Whip Hoyer Issues Remarks on TrumpCare Vote
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"This bill does not do that. In fact, it does exactly the opposite. Twenty-four million Americans - remember he said every American will have healthcare insurance - twenty-four million Americans will lose their insurance because of this bill. Every American will pay more and get less from their insurance policies... And if you are between 50 and 64 and not eligible for
"And now, in a further attempt to hurt more Americans, they eliminate the provisions that we will have essential health benefits included. Now they kept that at first and now they've gutted it. Again, in an attempt to make people who want to eliminate protections perhaps vote for this very bad bill. Leader Pelosi mentioned some of those benefits that would be lost.
"Hospitalization -you'll buy a policy, you think you've got protection, and you go to the hospital, and you call the insurance company, and they say 'sorry, that's not covered.' That's not insurance, that's not security, that's not safety. You go to the emergency room - sorry that's not covered. You have a mental health problem, you have an opioid addition, sorry - that's not covered. Prescription drugs you need - sorry that's not covered.
"This bill has become worse with every hour that it has been considered, and that's a very short amount of time. In effect, it eliminates protections for pre-existing conditions. Every parent, every individual, who was sorry they weren't able to get insurance and we're so blessed when they could get it because they had a pre-existing condition, is now effectively going to be turned around.
"The American people are getting this. The American people are getting how bad this bill is. And hopefully enough of my Republican colleagues will understand that by a ratio of three to one the American public are telling this
"Hopefully there will be enough
"Now I want to yield to my friend from
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