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American Health Care Act of 2017

Floor Speech

Date: March 24, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health Insurance Health and Health Care

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Mr. Speaker, Kansas voters sent me to fix health care.

Doing nothing is not an option. I cannot sit here idly while the ACA destroys and bankrupts America's healthcare system.

This bill eliminates nearly a trillion dollars of taxes. This bill eliminates funding for Planned Parenthood. This bill will save many hospitals in Kansas from closing by increasing funding for Medicare patients. This bill allots $100 billion for high-risk pools. This bill specifies another $15 billion specifically for maternity coverage, which is near and dear to my heart; newborn care; mental health care; and substance abuse disorders.

Mr. Speaker, this is the best bill that we can get through this process. I am excited to be part of it. This is the first chapter of a new book, with many more chapters to come. We will fix health care.

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