[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17065]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, last month in Missouri, only 751 
individuals signed up for the Federal exchanges as thousands of other 
individuals lost their health care. These numbers and the need to 
institute a fix that allows Americans to keep their current coverage 
further highlight that the President's health care law is a failure.
  One of my many constituents who has been affected by the law is 
Stephanie Botkin of Barnhart, Missouri. Stephanie, her husband, and her 
two teenage youngsters are hardworking, healthy, and they do not use a 
great deal of health services. She told me that they have been 
extremely pleased with their current plan because it works for them in 
terms of cost and coverage. Now, thanks to the President's health care 
law, Stephanie has been told that her family cannot keep its current 
plan, and will be forced to buy a different plan with a premium that 
costs 66 percent more per month and that has a higher deductible and an 
exorbitant co-pay, in other words, a plan that costs more and covers 
less.
  Today, the President announced yet another fix to the law, which he 
technically does not have the authority to do. The fix is for him to 
sign legislation the House will pass tomorrow that will protect 
Americans from this damaging law. For Stephanie and her family's sake 
and for the good of the American public, it is time the President does 
the right thing and works with Congress.

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