[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 11, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   SUSPENDING THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE PENALTY LAW EQUALS FAIRNESS ACT

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                               speech of

                           HON. ERIK PAULSEN

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 5, 2014

  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, the more we learn about the President's 
healthcare law, the more the facts show it's hurting more than it's 
helping.
  The President said premiums would go down by two thousand dollars, 
but instead his chief actuary finally admitted that premiums will go up 
for two-thirds of Americans working for small businesses.
  While the administration continues to provide delay after delay, 
admitting that the law is unworkable, they continue to let the 
individual mandate take effect. Millions of people will be hit with a 
mandate and new financial penalties, while losing the coverage they 
like, not being able to see the doctors they want, and facing higher 
premiums and out of pocket costs. Why is the administration willing to 
give big businesses a delay but not do anything to help hardworking 
Americans? Today, we have an opportunity to also delay the individual 
mandate in order to protect all Americans.
  Minnesotans needed genuine healthcare reform before President Obama 
signed his healthcare law--and they still do now. It's time to act and 
spare the American people of Obamacare's costly and burdensome mandates 
and enact true, bipartisan healthcare reform that improves quality, 
increases choice, and reduces costs.

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