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“SECRET HEALTHCARE PLAN” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3139-H3140 on April 9, 2019.
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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.
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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