[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16105]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE TRAIN WRECK OF OBAMACARE CONTINUES

  (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, the train wreck of ObamaCare continues.
  In 2007, before he was elected President, the President said that 
family policy prices would go down $2,500 per family. That was the 
promise. In 2009, the President promised that, if you liked your 
policy, you would get to keep it.
  Mr. Speaker, I don't know what the President is going to say to 
Charles from northern Baltimore County, who wrote me yesterday and 
said:

       I just received my cancellation letter from Blue Cross 
     regarding my family's insurance policy. My $697-a-month 
     Health Savings Account qualifiable policy is no longer 
     compliant. To have a similar product in an ObamaCare-
     compliant plan, my premium will increase nearly 40 percent 
     and will have a $7,000 deductible. Yikes. So much for, ``if 
     you like your policy, you will get to keep it.''

  Charles and his family are not getting a $2,500 cut in their premium. 
They are getting a $3,300 increase in their premium. Their deductible 
is going up to $7,000 a year. Mr. Speaker, they like their plan, but 
they don't get to keep it.
  The train wreck continues.

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