[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16503]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           OBAMACARE WEB SITE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to have heard some of 
the testimony of Secretary Sebelius and to understand that we should be 
in this business, all of us, in serving the American public to fix 
problems and make, in essence, things work--put the wheels on.
  We are going to ensure that this Web site is fixed by the end of 
November, the beginning of December--the same kind of problems that 
happened with Medicare part D.
  In actuality, rather than using anecdotal stories, let me tell you 
that the President was, in fact, right that you can grandfather and 
keep your same insurance. But if your same medical insurance was 
similar to a subprime mortgage loan that had no value whatsoever, as 
most Americans know, and you are getting an improved medical coverage 
insurance, then you get new insurance.
  As in California and other places where States have their own 
insurance exchange, we have seen a 29 percent decrease in insurance 
premiums.
  The real issue is what we are doing in sequester and budgeting and 
the loss of the researchers at the NIH. It is a disgrace. We need to 
get to work on serious issues so that we can put this country back to 
work.

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