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




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the 
impact of the current health care situation of the millions of 
Americans who are losing their health care coverage, including many in 
Nebraska's Third District.
  Pam Weldin, a self-employed small business woman from Minatare, 
Nebraska, has a preexisting condition. She has had affordable health 
insurance coverage which meets her needs, but she just received this 
letter which explains her current plan will no longer be offered. Pam 
told me she had great coverage before, which obviously included 
coverage of her preexisting condition. She has since tried to see what 
is available through healthcare.gov and the 800 number as well, but has 
been unsuccessful. As of January 1, she will lose the coverage that she 
likes.
  Like Pam, millions of Americans are learning they are losing their 
health care plans they were told they could keep. I have heard from 
many other Nebraskans who are losing their insurance or whose rates 
have increased so much they cannot afford to keep the plans they 
currently have.
  This is not what the American people want, and both sides need to 
work together to make this right. I encourage all of my colleagues to 
support the Keep Your Health Plan Act.

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