[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 132 (Monday, September 30, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
OBAMACARE
(Mr. HOLDING asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, we are just a day away from the opening of
ObamaCare's exchanges, and it seems like every day there is more bad
news that comes out about the health care law.
What the American people will be seeing once ObamaCare begins is a
far cry from what they were promised. The American people were promised
that ObamaCare would make health care more affordable; they were
promised that there would be more choices; they were promised more
coverage. For many Americans, it is already proving to be the opposite.
Mr. Speaker, in my home State of North Carolina, it is expected that
individual market rates will triple for young women and quadruple for
young men. Recently, my office received a call from a man whose
provider told him that his family's premiums were being raised to over
$800 a month.
The administration is not ready for this. Small businesses are not
ready for this. Doctors and health care professionals are not ready for
this. Mr. Speaker, the American people are not ready for this, and they
do not want this.
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