April 9, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 61 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H3139-H3140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SECRET HEALTHCARE PLAN

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago, the Trump Justice Department 
filed in court to say that the entire Affordable Care Act should be 
voided.
  The President said: Don't worry. We are going to have a great and 
better plan to replace it.
  Then Mitch McConnell said: No, no, we are not doing that.
  Then Trump said: Well, we will run on healthcare in 2020 and promise 
a better plan.
  And his consultant said: No, better not do that.
  So now he has a secret plan that will be unveiled after the next 
election to replace the Affordable Care Act. Twenty-one million 
Americans would lose their insurance if it went away tomorrow.
  We had another guy running for President back in 1968, Richard 
Milhous Nixon. He had a secret plan to end the Vietnam war. Actually, 
he didn't have a plan to end the war, but it helped him win the 
Presidency.
  Shame on us if a fake promise to have a better healthcare plan 
undisclosed will come out after the election.

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  133 million Americans have preexisting conditions. They would lose 
their healthcare at the discretion of the health insurance industry, 
312,000 in my district alone.
  Twelve million Americans would lose their expanded Medicaid, 350,000 
in my district.
  Medicare would go broke 4 years earlier if President Trump prevails 
in repealing the Affordable Care Act in its totality.

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