[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 98 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PREMIUMS ARE HURTING FAMILIES

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the President's broken 
promises continue to hurt American families. According to the 
administration's own report, an estimated 11 million small business 
employees are facing higher premiums because of the government health 
care takeover, which destroys jobs.
  After being forced to purchase insurance in the ObamaCare exchange, 
Stepheni from Aiken writes:
  ``This required purchase of ObamaCare insurance cost my husband and I 
over $900 per month and we get nothing for it. It's less expense for us 
to remain uninsured, so we have let our ObamaCare premium lapse. We 
surely hope that something will and can be done to prevent folks like 
us from being penalized for not keeping our insurance. We don't have 
over $900 extra a month just to throw away.''
  The Affordable Care Act is anything but affordable for families and 
should be repealed and replaced to provide relief for millions of 
Americans like Stepheni. Women are most knowledgeable about the failure 
of ObamaCare.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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