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




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. LANKFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. Speaker, the President seems to flippantly just 
talk about 5 percent of Americans have received a cancellation notice, 
as if they are just individuals that didn't have a policy that really 
met his standard for what he was looking for or what the administration 
is looking for.
  That 5 percent equals about 5 million people across the country. They 
are not just a random statistic. They are families and individuals like 
the Evans family, and it is not just this one family, but everyone that 
works in their business received this same letter. Why is that? Because 
as the President continues to speak about these are just individuals or 
individual policies, that is not actually true either.
  Here is a letter from Aetna that came to the Evans family and every 
employee in their business. It says:

       As you have heard, the Affordable Care Act is bringing many 
     changes to health insurance. One of these changes is that the 
     association groups, which are comprised of small employers, 
     cannot provide coverage as a large group entity. 
     Consequently, Aetna is discontinuing the current plans and 
     has notified your employer.

  The plans they have and they have been able to find are a 25 percent 
increase over last year. Their firm cannot hire additional people next 
year because of the additional cost.
  This is the United States of America. What are we doing telling 
people what health insurance they can purchase?

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