Do Not Repeal Obamacare

Floor Speech

Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, now that the notorious problems with the ACA Web site healthcare.gov appear to be largely behind us, it is important that we cut through the partisan noise and look at some facts.

One fact is that in 2 days--Sunday and Monday alone--almost 30,000 Americans have gone to healthcare.gov to sign up for health insurance. Many of these families are families with preexisting conditions that would have no way to get health insurance other than healthcare.gov and the ACA.

In my own State of Connecticut, with less than 1 percent of the American population, 22,000 families have signed up for health insurance.

Mr. Speaker, from the President down, we were concerned by people losing their health care plans in the rather small individual market. But it is important for the American people to understand that when they hear the word ``repeal,'' they need to understand that repeal means that the tens of thousands, the hundreds of thousands, the millions of Americans who will get insurance because of the ACA will lose it.

Millions of Americans will lose their new-found insurance if this word ``repeal'' ever becomes law. That is not right; and on that, I think we should agree.

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