[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17067-17068]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, at least 225,000 residents of 
Michigan have--or will shortly--received letters informing them that 
their current health insurance policies will be canceled because of 
ObamaCare. To put that number in context, more people in Michigan have 
had their private health care plans canceled due to ObamaCare than have 
even selected the private plan nationwide on healthcare.gov.
  Adding insult to injury, the dismal enrollment number announced by 
the

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administration does not represent an adequate depiction of the 
ObamaCare experience. Whether it is Nancy from Grant, Barbara from 
Walker, Terry from Grandville, or David from Twin Lake, my constituents 
all seem to be sharing the same experience: frustration, followed by 
exasperation, rounded out with higher costs that they can't afford. We 
hear you, and I am here for you.
  The reality of the ObamaCare ``experience'' is a Web site that is 
difficult to navigate--when it actually works--coupled with policy 
options that result in higher health care costs for Michigan consumers.
  I applaud my friend and colleague, Fred Upton, who is going to be 
leading a charge to provide a legislative solution for that problem 
tomorrow. I hope our friends across the aisle will be able to provide 
that same relief to their constituents, and I hope they will join me in 
doing so.

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