[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17066]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    KEEP THE PROMISE, MR. PRESIDENT

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, since 2010, President Obama has 
touted his well-known phrase: If you like your health care plan, you 
will be able to keep your health care plan.
  The past few weeks have made it very clear that President Obama has 
failed to keep that promise.
  According to the Associated Press, 3.5 million people have already 
seen their health plans canceled. Constituents from all over eastern 
and southeastern Ohio have been contacting my office, notifying me of 
skyrocketing premiums and canceled health plans.
  Take, for instance, Cathy, from my hometown of Marietta, Ohio. Here 
is the letter she received. She was notified that her plan is not in 
compliance under the requirements of the ACA and that it would, 
instead, be rolled over into a better plan. It turns out that the 
``better'' plan increases her premiums from $670 a month to $1,600 a 
month--more than double.
  Skyrocketing premiums, canceled plans and a complete takeover of 
health care do not make health care affordable. The President should 
keep his promise to the American people, let Congress work to fix this 
problem and support the Keep Your Health Plan Act.

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