[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 33 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2007]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       OBAMACARE IS OFF THE MARK

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Huizenga) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, if you thought the Obama 
administration's rollout of www.healthcare.gov was bad, believe it or 
not, it got worse for another section of our citizens.
  Back in Michigan, the Second District is home to a higher number of 
Latino citizens than any other congressional district in the State of 
Michigan; and like thousands of other residents across Michigan, 
Hispanic Michiganians are forced to deal with higher costs, the 
potential loss of their doctor, and canceled insurance policies all 
because of ObamaCare. These citizens are in need of the same 
information that we are all in search of.
  Well, after being delayed for more than 2 months, the administration 
finally unveiled its Spanish language Web site, cuidadodesalud.gov, 
that contained an embarrassing amount of Spanglish. Even I couldn't 
come up with that much Spanglish.
  Frankly, it is insulting that the administration would simply make up 
words, rather than provide an accurate translation of the President's 
signature achievement.
  One friend made the humorous observation that it is just as bad in 
Spanish as it is in English, and nobody can work with it in Spanish 
either.
  Well, Latinos are more adversely impacted in many ways by soaring 
premiums because the median age of the Hispanic population is actually 
10 years younger than the national average; therefore, they are seeing 
these premiums soar, as it shifts those costs to younger Americans.
  It is predicted that younger citizens are the very folks who are 
needed to sign up for this program in order to make it actuarially 
sound, but these are the same folks who are not doing so right now.
  The focus of the debate, instead, needs to be on patient-centered 
solutions that not only lower costs, but deliver high-quality care to 
more citizens, none of which, unfortunately, ObamaCare actually does. I 
believe it is time to repeal and replace this failed policy.
  You know, Mr. Speaker, House Republicans have led with numerous 
options, such as the Patient OPTION Act, as Dr. Broun was just talking 
about; Dr. Price of Georgia; Dr. Benishek of my home State of Michigan; 
the Republican Study Committee plan--a number of plans are out there 
that have been proposed that I think would be a far better solution to 
those things that we can all agree on: having greater access for more 
people at a lower cost.
  But I think one thing we can all agree on in any language is that 
ObamaCare is off the mark.

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