[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. DAINES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAINES. Mr. Speaker, President Obama promised if you like your 
health care plan, you can keep your health care plan; but for tens of 
thousands of Montanans, his words are nothing more than a broken 
promise that has resulted in canceled insurance plans and rising health 
care costs.
  I have already heard from hundreds of Montanans who are looking for 
relief from ObamaCare; and, unfortunately, the President's recent 
announcement isn't a long-term fix; nor does it address the core 
problems with this failed law.
  Mr. Speaker, this is called the people's House, and I want to share 
the story of the people of Montana tonight in this body.
  Dean and Summer, from Flathead County, who have an autistic son and a 
daughter with muscular dystrophy, were just notified, as I spoke with 
the mom last week on the phone, that their rates are going up $4,500 a 
year because of ObamaCare.
  Or take, for example, Jim, a business owner in Troy, Montana, who 
will need to cut employee hours to avoid paying the ObamaCare fine and 
keep his business afloat.
  Or Anne Marie in Miles City, Montana, whose family is facing an 
additional $3,000 per year in health care costs due to increased 
premiums and deductibles.
  Or Paula, a health care provider in Kalispell, who is questioning the 
viability of her private practice and her ability to continue providing 
care to many of her patients.
  Montanans deserve a permanent solution, not a short-term, politically 
driven patch. I will continue fighting to fully repeal ObamaCare and 
working toward real solutions that protect Montanans' access to their 
doctors and the health care plans they want.

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