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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 280 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 280

  Protecting the health care of all Americans, especially those with 
                        preexisting conditions.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2019

    Mr. Walden (for himself and Mr. Brady) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Protecting the health care of all Americans, especially those with 
                        preexisting conditions.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) no American should have their health insurance taken 
        away or lose protections for preexisting conditions due to the 
        Democrats in Congress enacting an unconstitutional law; and
            (2) if the Supreme Court of the United States decides all 
        or part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is 
        unconstitutional in Texas v. United States--
                    (A)  Congress and the Trump Administration should 
                immediately ask the Court for a stay in the decision;
                    (B) Congress and the Trump Administration should 
                act together to ensure Americans are not adversely 
                impacted by the decision; and
                    (C) Congress should enact bipartisan legislation to 
                replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
                that is constitutional and that--
                            (i) guarantees no American citizen can be 
                        denied health insurance coverage or charged 
                        more as the result of a previous illness or 
                        health status;
                            (ii) includes commonsense consumer 
                        protections;
                            (iii) reverses the damage of the policies 
                        that have doubled the cost of health insurance 
                        and reduced access and choice for millions of 
                        Americans;
                            (iv) provides more choices and affordable 
                        coverage options than the Patient Protection 
                        and Affordable Care Act;
                            (v) lowers prescription drug prices for 
                        patients;
                            (vi) strengthens the Medicare program for 
                        current and future beneficiaries, including by 
                        protecting the coverage of more than 20 million 
                        seniors enrolled under Medicare Advantage 
                        plans; and
                            (vii) protects job-based health coverage by 
                        rejecting the Democrats' radical one-size-fits-
                        all government run health care scheme that 
                        would outlaw the coverage more than 150 million 
                        Americans currently get through work.
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