[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         KEEP THE PLAN YOU LIKE

  (Mr. MEEHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEEHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the thousands of 
Pennsylvanians from my district who are going to lose their health care 
coverage because of the rules and regulations of ObamaCare. I invited a 
number of them into my office, and their stories were both revealing 
and heartbreaking.
  A small business woman from Newtown Square shared her story of 
shopping for a new plan after her policy was canceled. She must now pay 
more each month for a plan she doesn't like and coverage she does not 
want. Yet another is losing her doctor after more than 20 years because 
she was forced to switch insurance companies. Her long-term doctor 
isn't covered under the new, more expensive plan. And one constituent 
received this letter from her insurance company, informing her that she 
would have to pay as much as $3,500 more. It has higher deductibles and 
higher copays.
  Madam Speaker, Americans are already struggling in this economy. 
Tomorrow the House will vote to ensure that the families that like 
their plans can keep them. President Obama and Senate Democrats should 
keep their promise to the American people and do the same.

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