[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 104 (Thursday, July 12, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H4830-H4831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE PULSE OF TEXAS: AVA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, when I am back in southeast Texas, I 
hear from individuals and businesses who are concerned about how 
ObamaCare will affect them. Ava, a senior from Houston, tells me this:

       I am a senior who is very concerned that I will lose the 
     great health care that I am presently receiving under 
     Medicare. I am pleased with my doctors and with my health 
     care plan. At the present, I can afford it, and I am 
     concerned I will not be able to in the future if ObamaCare 
     goes completely through and that I might not get the care I 
     need for the health issues I already have.
       Seniors cannot afford ObamaCare, nor do they want it. 
     Living on limited income today is hard enough without this 
     new health care plan wanting more of my money. Seniors seem 
     to be taking it on the chin tremendously on this issue.


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  Madam Speaker, Ava is right: ObamaCare is not good for seniors on 
Medicare. They will pay more for less care because of this expensive 
government takeover of America's health.
  And that's just the way it is.

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