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

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 280 Protecting the health care of all Americans, especially those with preexisting conditions. 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 com- mittee concerned RESOLUTION Protecting the health care of all Americans, especially those with preexisting conditions. Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives that— 2 (1) no American should have their health insur- 3 ance taken away or lose protections for preexisting 4 conditions due to the Democrats in Congress enact- 5 ing an unconstitutional law; and 6 (2) if the Supreme Court of the United States 7 decides all or part of the Patient Protection and Af- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Apr 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR280.IH HR280 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 280 IH fordable Care Act is unconstitutional in Texas v. 1 United States— 2 (A) Congress and the Trump Administra- 3 tion should immediately ask the Court for a 4 stay in the decision; 5 (B) Congress and the Trump Administra- 6 tion should act together to ensure Americans 7 are not adversely impacted by the decision; and 8 (C) Congress should enact bipartisan legis- 9 lation to replace the Patient Protection and Af- 10 fordable Care Act that is constitutional and 11 that— 12 (i) guarantees no American citizen 13 can be denied health insurance coverage or 14 charged more as the result of a previous 15 illness or health status; 16 (ii) includes commonsense consumer 17 protections; 18 (iii) reverses the damage of the poli- 19 cies that have doubled the cost of health 20 insurance and reduced access and choice 21 for millions of Americans; 22 (iv) provides more choices and afford- 23 able coverage options than the Patient 24 Protection and Affordable Care Act; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Apr 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR280.IH HR280 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HRES 280 IH (v) lowers prescription drug prices for 1 patients; 2 (vi) strengthens the Medicare program 3 for current and future beneficiaries, includ- 4 ing by protecting the coverage of more 5 than 20 million seniors enrolled under 6 Medicare Advantage plans; and 7 (vii) protects job-based health cov- 8 erage by rejecting the Democrats’ radical 9 one-size-fits-all government run health care 10 scheme that would outlaw the coverage 11 more than 150 million Americans currently 12 get through work. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Apr 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR280.IH HR280 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS