[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. HECK of Nevada asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HECK of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, ``If you like your health care plan, 
you can keep it. Period. If you like your doctor, you can keep him. 
Period.''
  We all remember when we heard those words. Here is an article from 
today's Las Vegas Review Journal. Nearly 25,000 Nevadans lose insurance 
plans under ObamaCare. That is roughly 27 percent of the individual 
market in that State.
  One of those individuals is Janet. Janet is 55 years old and battling 
recurrent cancer. She has had the same insurance policy for 11 years. 
For 11 years that policy and those doctors have taken care of her and 
have kept her alive.
  She is currently battling a recurrence, undergoing chemotherapy, and 
she received this letter from her insurer on September 25:

       We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for 
     allowing us to be your health insurance carrier. We are 
     writing to advise you that, due to the passage of the Federal 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective 
     December 31, 2013, your standard or basic individual health 
     plan will be discontinued and terminated. You will no longer 
     be able to continue coverage under this benefit plan as of 
     this date.

  As Janet valiantly battles her disease, the last thing she needs is 
the added stress of wondering about her insurance coverage.
  Mr. President, it is time that Americans are allowed to keep their 
health care plan. Period.

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