Repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Floor Speech

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Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act is a
great help to American families.

Most Americans have health insurance through their employer. The ACA
provides important consumer protections for those families. They cannot
end your policy if you get sick, your copayments and premiums have to
go to health services and not to profits for insurance companies, and
kids aged 26 or younger can stay on your own health insurance plan.

For Americans on Medicare, the ACA is saving you money. In fact,
since passage of the ACA, more than 7.9 million people who rely on
Medicare have saved almost $10 billion on prescription drugs. You have
new wellness checkups, and the Affordable Care Act extended the life of
the Medicare trust fund for more than a decade.

Finally, before the ACA, many Americans were barred from health
insurance because of a previous diagnosis of cancer, diabetes, or
something else. The Affordable Care Act has been a lifeline for them
because it ended discrimination and created new marketplaces for
Americans to shop for the best plan for their families.

In Florida alone, my home State, 1.5 million Floridians have already
signed up for a plan in the marketplace in the upcoming year. That is
1.5 million Floridians.

Please, colleagues, don't take this away. Vote ``no'' on this bill.

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