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Protecting Americans' Healthcare

Floor Speech

By: John Rose
By: John Rose
Date: Feb. 7, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023. This important legislation aims to prevent discrimination against Americans with disabilities and expand access to lifesaving cures.

It would end the use of quality-adjusted life years in all Federal programs. Quality-adjusted life years are factors used to rank whether a patient is worth the expense of a particular treatment. This rubric intentionally devalues treatment for those who have disabilities and those with chronic illnesses. This practice has been widely investigated by various nonpartisan groups, and yet QALYs are only prohibited to Medicare in a limited fashion.

We know of countries using these metrics much more aggressively to decide which treatments they will fund. We must stand against that in the United States. The government shouldn't decide which lives are valuable enough for care.

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