[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15886-15887]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      A LETTER FROM A CONSTITUENT

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, a recent letter I received:

       I am writing this letter in regards to the new 
     ``affordable'' healthcare. My husband and I are small 
     business owners with two other employees. We purchase our 
     insurance as individual insurance, and we received a letter 
     this past week that our rates are changing. We currently have 
     a $5,000 deductible with a monthly premium of $415, and on

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     the new plan, if we stay with the current company, it is 
     going to be $4,000 with a monthly premium of $1,093.78. I 
     have tried to access the www.healthcare.gov Web site, and 
     have been able to register an account but have not been able 
     to get any type of pricing. I have contacted both of my 
     Illinois Senators and my House Representative and have been 
     told that they are not in favor of a government shutdown, but 
     I am here to say if a shutdown is what it takes to get people 
     to listen, then shut down. The reason I am contacting you is 
     because my Congressmen are not willing to stand up to the 
     President, and I just want to say good job for standing your 
     ground.

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