[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        OBAMACARE'S MARKETPLACE

  (Mr. BUCSHON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, as a medical provider, I understand how 
critical and necessary patient choice and input is to the overall 
quality of our healthcare system. Put simply, patients are better off 
when they are equipped to make their own decisions.
  Unfortunately, ObamaCare limits patient choice, as outlined in this 
chart. In fact, in the ObamaCare marketplace, patients in two-thirds of 
our country are limited to a choice of one or two insurers. Across five 
entire States, patients have only one option. To me, the marketplace 
looks more like a government-created monopoly under a system where 
every American is required by law to purchase the product.
  To make matters worse, the onerous mandates in the law have led to 
restricted physician networks. So not only do patients have little 
choice regarding their insurers, they are also limited to what 
physicians they can see.
  It turns out we can't keep our doctors even if we like them. That is 
why we are offering a Better Way plan that expands choice and empowers 
patients.

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