Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act

Floor Speech

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Ms. SEWELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this bill.

In a matter of days, roughly 130,000 people in my home State of Alabama will lose their healthcare coverage because Republicans in this body refuse to extend the ACA tax credits. Millions of Americans will find themselves one diagnosis away from bankruptcy.

Rather than addressing the crisis that they created, Republicans are pushing legislation that will make matters worse. Not only does this bill fail to extend the tax credits, but it promotes junk insurance plans that will rip off consumers and make healthcare even more unaffordable.

House Republicans are incapable of dealing with our Nation's affordability crisis. They should stop their political games and put the bipartisan Jeffries bills on the floor today.

Mr. Speaker, we deserve better. My constituents deserve better. Every American deserves better.

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