[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18038]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, ObamaCare exemplifies perfectly the problem of 
bureaucratic hubris. Confident that Americans would come to see their 
mass-produced health care as ``better,'' the ``suits'' in Washington 
chose to pass a completely partisan law and, regardless of promises, 
forced unwanted insurance changes on millions of Americans.
  Many of my constituents object to the characterization of ``better.'' 
Coverage isn't better if it is not what a family wants or needs. It is 
not better if its shiny new mandates make health care unaffordable.
  Holli from St. Clemmons knows this too well. She wrote to say:

       I am a geriatric care manager. I pay $171 per month. My 
     deductible is $2,500. I went on www.healthcare.gov and was 
     informed I now will get no financial assistance to pay for my 
     plan. If I choose the lowest cost plan, I will be paying $330 
     per month. My doctor is not listed as a provider, and my drug 
     deductible will be $2,500. I feel I am caught between a rock 
     and a hard place.

  ``Better,'' for Holli, would be a health care law that doesn't make 
her insurance preferences illegal.

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