[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 152 (Tuesday, October 29, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H6838-H6839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BUREAUCRATS, NOT PATIENTS, ARE THE FOCUS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, people want to be able to trust their 
President.
  When he said: If you like your plan, you can keep your plan, many 
Americans believed him. But keeping the insurance you liked was never a 
real possibility under ObamaCare.
  By design, the law requires every single new health plan and any 
existing plan that has been altered over the past 3 years to satisfy 
the one-size-fits-all requirements of Washington's central planners. 
That means millions of Americans are losing their current coverage, 
even though many liked their plans--plans that were tailored to work 
for them--that meet their specific needs and fit into their family 
budgets.
  Unsurprisingly, though, when placating bureaucrats is the rule, 
patients certainly can't be the focus.

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  The President did say: If you like your plan, you can keep your plan, 
but he simultaneously championed a law that replaced custom care with 
cookie-cutter care.
  Millions are being booted from their health plans as a result.

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