[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       KEEP YOUR HEALTH PLAN ACT

  (Mrs. ELLMERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. ELLMERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of North 
Carolinians.
  I would like to share the story of Marian and Donald from Asheboro, 
North Carolina. They are among the 160,000 North Carolinians whose 
policies have been canceled and whose premiums are going up.
  She says:

       Donald and I both had a $5,000 deductible individual HSA 
     policy--and both were canceled. Our premiums are more than 
     doubling under the replacement policies. I contacted 
     BlueCross/BlueShield and learned they are required by law to 
     roll us into the ``suggested'' policy if we do not sign up 
     for something else. They also told me they need no additional 
     authority to remove this premium from our bank account in 
     January.
       Because the premium increase will consume our gas and 
     grocery money for the month, I cannot let this happen. My 
     plan is to cancel our health insurance altogether so that 
     there is no policy to ``roll over'' and face paying the 
     penalty. As of the end of this month, we will be both be 
     uninsured.

  Mr. Speaker, there are Marians and Donalds across this country facing 
the same fate. That is why we will continue to fight for this issue.

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