[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H2622-H2623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
REPEAL OBAMACARE
(Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, what was ObamaCare's central claim? The
Affordable Care Act, as it was termed by President Obama, was supposed
to make health care more affordable for the American people. Many who
believed that claim, however, now have buyer's remorse.
ObamaCare was to help save families $2,500 on their health care
premiums. But that's not true. Family premiums have increased $3,000
since 2008.
Even workers who make $25,000 a year will pay more for health care
because of ObamaCare. Young people struggling to pay off debt and find
careers in this jobless economy could see their health premiums rise by
as much as 189 percent.
In spite of lofty promises, health insurance costs are higher. More
than 30 studies have found ObamaCare will make health care premiums
less affordable by the time it's fully implemented.
Promises for affordable health care have delivered a true train wreck
to the American people. It's time to repeal ObamaCare and all of its
broken promises once and for all.
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