Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act

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Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, which is the right prescription to lower healthcare costs and provide American citizens with more affordable coverage.

Nearly 15 years ago, the Democrats unaffordable care act broke our healthcare system. They broke our healthcare system. Since its inception, ObamaCare premiums have skyrocketed by over 220 percent. A family of four now pays $10,000 more for coverage today than they did before ObamaCare, and their deductibles have doubled, in part to offset waste, fraud, and abuse that runs rampant throughout the program.

Rather than fix the problems of the unaffordable care act, Democrats in Congress want to continue to send billions of taxpayer money directly to giant insurance companies and leave families with thousands of dollars in healthcare costs that they cannot afford.

The unaffordable care act is broken, and throwing more hard-earned taxpayer money after bad policy is not going to fix it. That is why we must give power to the patient, not to the big insurance companies.

While Republicans are working to make life more affordable, Democrats' prescription is to raise taxes. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act.

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