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




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. BARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, for the last 4 years, President Obama 
repeatedly promised the American people that if you like your health 
care plan, you can keep it. But for Melody in Lexington, Kentucky, that 
is simply not true.
  Melody received a notice that her health care plan was no longer good 
enough under ObamaCare. And when Melody looked into options for new 
insurance, like so many other Americans, she found out that her 
family's insurance costs would go up by 250 percent, and their 
deductible would increase by $2,000.
  Melody, in this email, told me:

       We do not qualify for any premium assistance, even though 
     we are a family of three living on a single income. We are 
     more likely to go without health care coverage because our 
     premiums are going to cost more per year than we would wind 
     up spending on medical expenses without insurance.

  Mr. Speaker, this is not about politics. This is about real people in 
our districts that are being harmed by ObamaCare. The American people 
don't need apologies. They don't need temporary administrative waivers. 
They need permanent solutions that will protect hardworking Americans 
from the coverage cancellations, loss of access to doctors, and premium 
spikes.
  It is time for the President to keep his promise and allow Americans 
who like their health care plans to keep them.

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