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




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                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act is more than a 
Web site. That is the comforting assurance President Obama is giving to 
the American people as the continuing train wreck of his law's 
implementation grinds on. The law is more than a Web site. 
Unfortunately, that means its flaws extend past the Web site as well. 
It is bad technology mixed with bad policy. Each day we hear more and 
more people losing plans they liked despite the President's promise 
they could keep them.
  Recently, I spoke with Scott Randolph, a self-employed father of two 
in my district, who is feeling the harmful effects head-on. Scott 
received this notice in the mail that said his insurance plan, which he 
liked and which worked for him and his two sons, was going to be 
terminated and replaced with a similar plan at triple the cost. I think 
Scott said it best when he said:

       The President guaranteed me, ``If you like your plan, you 
     can keep it.'' Well, the fact is, I can keep my plan; I just 
     can't afford my plan now.

  Mr. President, this is unacceptable. Period. Let's pass the Keep Your 
Health Plan Act and offer help to the millions of Americans hurt by 
this broken promise.

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