State Health Care Premium Reduction Act

Floor Speech

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Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1425.

Since enactment of the ACA, millions of Americans have gained health coverage, but too many families have been left behind by GOP Governors and legislatures more interested in playing politics than helping families.

Today, we build on that success.

Each year, more than 700 American women die from pregnancy complications, and more than half of these deaths are entirely preventable.

Tragically, Black moms die at three to four times the rate of White moms, but passing this bill will help address that by allowing new moms to remain on Medicaid for the entire postpartum period. And this piece of legislation left the Committee on Energy and Commerce with many Republican votes.

This portion is just one example of the good in this bill and the lives it will save. We cannot allow preventable deaths to continue in this country. We must do more. It was safer for me to have my daughter than it is for my daughter now to have a baby.

I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting this lifesaving legislation.

There is a lot of talk about how we should care about the health of the American citizens, and one thing that we all can do is wear a mask.

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