[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             AP FINDS PREMIUMS WILL GO UP UNDER HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, here is what the Associated Press 
has to say about the administration's health care plan: ``Buyers, 
beware. President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower 
premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.''
  ``Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill 
passes, experts say.''
  ``Listening to Obama pitch his plan, you might not realize that's how 
it works.''
  ``The (Congressional) Budget Office concluded that premiums for 
people buying their own coverage would go up by an average of 10 to 13 
percent.''
  The rest of the national media should report the facts about health 
care, not cover them up.

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