[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, as we approach the summer months, we get 
closer to the dreaded date of 2014 when ObamaCare is launched. We still 
face major uncertainty to how this massive takeover of health care is 
actually going to work. In fact, the administration is not even certain 
of that.
  Families and small businesses in my district have great concern over 
what's going to happen. In fact, when I talk to small business owners, 
many of them say they're going to have to stop providing health care 
and put these folks into these exchanges because they need the money to 
stay competitive. It's going to be something that they can find 
savings; and, again, in these uncertain times, they're not sure exactly 
what they're going to do.
  When you look at what the President said that ``if you like your 
health care, you can keep your health care,'' well, in fact, in my 
district, there's going to be 44,000 seniors that are going to lose 
Medicare Advantage because of ObamaCare.
  Taxes will go up. Taxes will go up on businesses and families. 
Individuals are already seeing their premiums increased.
  And the President has done nothing to provide certainty, as I said. 
The administration isn't even sure how this is going to play out. And I 
believe, ladies and gentlemen, that this is going to end up in a train 
wreck. This is going to end up in something that is going to hurt the 
economy and hurt health care.

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