[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14763]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. HOLDING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, we are just a day away from the opening of 
ObamaCare's exchanges, and it seems like every day there is more bad 
news that comes out about the health care law.
  What the American people will be seeing once ObamaCare begins is a 
far cry from what they were promised. The American people were promised 
that ObamaCare would make health care more affordable; they were 
promised that there would be more choices; they were promised more 
coverage. For many Americans, it is already proving to be the opposite.
  Mr. Speaker, in my home State of North Carolina, it is expected that 
individual market rates will triple for young women and quadruple for 
young men. Recently, my office received a call from a man whose 
provider told him that his family's premiums were being raised to over 
$800 a month.
  The administration is not ready for this. Small businesses are not 
ready for this. Doctors and health care professionals are not ready for 
this. Mr. Speaker, the American people are not ready for this, and they 
do not want this.

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