{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-texas-v-us-threatens-to-end-pre-existing-condition-protections", "Donnelly: Texas v. U.S. Threatens to End Pre-existing Condition Protections", "2018-09-05", "2018", "2018-09", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly: Texas v. U.S. Threatens to End Pre-existing Condition Protections\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, September 5, 2018\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C.  U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly released the following statement on the first day of oral arguments in Texas v. United States, a lawsuit that would, in part, eliminate current health insurance protections for those with pre-existing conditions.\r\nDonnelly said, This misguided lawsuit would put health care coverage for Hoosiers with pre-existing conditions at risk. Hoosier families can't afford to return to the days when they could be denied coverage due to cancer, asthma, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and many other conditions. I continue to urge the Administration to stop efforts to undermine these critical protections and instead work in a bipartisan way to make health care more affordable and accessible.\r\nDonnelly has consistently worked for quality, affordable health care coverage for Hoosiers, including those with pre-existing conditions. In July, he joined a resolution that would allow the Senate's Legal Counsel to represent the Senate in Texas v. United States. This would enable the Senate to defend protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions against the current lawsuit. Last week, he helped introduce legislation that would overturn the Administration's recently finalized rule expanding short-term junk insurance plans, which fail to offer essential coverage and protections for those with pre-existing conditions.\r\nAccording to the Kaiser Family Foundation, approximately 30 percent of Hoosiers under the age of 65 (more than 1.1 million people) have pre-existing conditions that could have left them with no coverage or facing higher rates, before the Affordable Care Act prohibited such discrimination.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-texas-v-us-threatens-to-end-pre-existing-condition-protections"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5630191192030907, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}