[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17058-17059]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. UPTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, for the last 3 years, the President 
personally promised that if they liked their current health care plan, 
that they could keep it ``no matter what,'' period.
  But cancelation notices are now arriving in millions of mailboxes 
across the country. In the great State of Michigan, some 225,000 folks 
will see their plans terminated because of this law. That is twice the 
number of people who have even tried to select a plan nationwide.
  I have heard from countless families back home who took the President 
at his word. They are upset--yes, they are--and worried about how they 
are going to make ends meet.
  A self-employed family of three in Bangor, Michigan, had purchased 
their own insurance for more than 30 years. Their BlueCross/BlueShield 
plan was working well, had no deductible, a $750 monthly premium. To 
replace it, the premium is going to nearly double to $1,393 and their 
deductible will jump to $2,800. In their own words, they told us, they 
had been thrown under the bus. Sadly, they are not alone.

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  Tomorrow, we will vote on the Keep Your Health Plan Act, a 
straightforward, 1-page bill that says if you like your coverage, you 
ought to be able to keep it.
  Let's keep that promise.

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