Whereas more than 4,700,000 people in the United States have tested positive for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (referred to in this preamble as COVID–19 ), with many requiring costly health care; Whereas, prior to 2010, a diagnosis of COVID–19 likely would have been considered a pre-existing medical condition; Whereas, in 2010, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ; 124 Stat. 119) (referred to in this preamble as the ACA ); Whereas, prior to the enactment of the ACA, more than 133,000,000 nonelderly people in the United States with a pre-existing medical condition were consistently charged unaffordable premiums for health insurance coverage, were subject to exorbitant out-of-pocket costs for care, faced annual and lifetime limits on coverage, or were denied health care coverage altogether; Whereas, prior to the enactment of the ACA, millions of seniors with Medicare coverage encountered steep out-of-pocket prescription drug costs once those seniors hit a threshold known as the Medicare donut hole , and since the donut hole began closing in 2010, millions of Medicare beneficiaries have saved billions of dollars on prescription drug costs; Whereas, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic; Whereas, as of August 4, 2020, more than 4,700,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19; Whereas, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people in the United States have relied on the ACA for coverage, health care access, and diagnoses; Whereas, as of the week ending July 11, 2020, more than 30,000,000 people in the United States are claiming unemployment benefits