[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17069-17070]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, in 2003, 5-year-old Isabelle Jane 
was diagnosed with leukemia, a disease that has driven the decisions 
her family has made since that time on where to live, what doctors to 
have, what insurance to gain. She had daily chemotherapy for 3 years 
and is now in remission.
  But 18 months ago, she started to have side effects from this 
disease. It

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affected her heart, her bones, and her cognitive processing. Since that 
time, and since ObamaCare was passed, her insurance rates have more 
than doubled, and she was told this year that their insurance would be 
canceled by the end of this year. As Isabelle Jane's mother wrote:

       The Affordable Care Act has seriously threatened my 
     family's way of life. For over 10 years, we have had the 
     coverage we have needed to care for our family. I defy anyone 
     who says the insurance we currently have is not enough. My 
     daughter is living proof that it is.

  Mr. Speaker, these people are being hurt by the present system, and 
that needs to change.

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