[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 41 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      UNAFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, our colleagues on 
the other side of the aisle continue to refer to the so-called health 
care reform bill as the Affordable Health Care Act. There are a lot of 
questions 1 year after passage. But one question has been answered. It 
is not the Affordable Medical Care Act. It is the Unaffordable Medical 
Care Act.
  Why do I say that? Well, HHS has decided to give over 1,000 waivers 
to businesses, to unions, and now even to States because they find they 
can't afford what is required in the bill. Secondly, I haven't met a 
single constituent whose health care cost by way of their insurance 
policies or programs has gone down. They have all gone up as a direct 
result of the bill passed on this floor and signed by the President.
  So let's at least have some truth in labeling. It is not the 
Affordable Health Care Act. It is increasingly becoming the 
Unaffordable Health Care Act.

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