[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16502]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        AMERICANS DESERVE BETTER

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, in 2009, President Obama made a promise his 
administration had no intention of keeping:

       If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your 
     doctor, period. If you like your health plan, you will be 
     able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take 
     it away, no matter what.

  Today's Washington Post bestows upon this moment of rhetorical 
splendor, and others like it, four Pinocchios for the grievousness and 
frequency of their erring.
  It turns out, by design, the Affordable Care Act is diminishing 
private health insurance plans, particularly in the individual market.
  The Post concludes:

       The President's promise apparently came with a very large 
     caveat: ``If you like your health care plan, you will be able 
     to keep your health care plan--if we deem it to be 
     adequate.''

  For millions, Washington has deemed their personal health care 
preferences deficient, and come January they won't have access to the 
plans they had before.
  Americans deserve better.

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