[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1612]
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                               OBAMACARE

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 30, 2013

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act is more than a 
website. That's the comforting assurance President Obama is giving to 
the American people as the continuing train wreck of the law's 
implementation grinds on.
  Mr. Speaker, I agree with the President. The law is more than a 
website. Unfortunately, that means its flaws extend past the website as 
well. Simply put, its bad technology mixed with bad policy.
  From broken websites to broken promises this law is taking on water 
and sinking fast, taking hardworking Americans with it.
  Last Friday, I spoke with a self-employed father of two in my 
district who is feeling the harmful effects of the ACA head on. He 
received a notice in the mail that said his insurance--which he liked--
was going to triple. The same plan, just hundreds more. I think he put 
it best when he said, ``the President guaranteed, `If you like your 
plan you can keep it'. Well the fact is, I can keep my plan, I just 
can't afford my plan now . . .''
  News reports now say that over two million people will lose the 
health plan they currently have, even after hearing the President's 
promise for three years.
  This is unacceptable.
  That's why I am supporting legislation that actually allows people to 
keep their coverage under the ACA--even as the President's new 
regulations and mandates try and take it away.
  Furthermore, I will continue in joining members from both parties in 
both chambers, in asking the President to delay the individual mandate 
of the ACA. President Obama said he would negotiate once government was 
fully funded and operational--now is the time for him to address 
bipartisan ideas for improvement that help out the American people.

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