[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18221]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, the President's claim that 
Americans can keep the plans they know and like, to me, always appeared 
somewhat misinformed, if not insincere.
  First of all, the law was designed to completely restructure 
America's health care system. Some, if not millions, of Americans were 
bound to lose their plans.
  Plain and simple, the law was designed to have a large majority of 
Americans give up their health care coverage, pay higher premiums, or 
face a tax increase. In fact, if millions of Americans did not lose 
their coverage, the health insurance exchanges would be full of high-
risk consumers, without healthier populations subsidizing those plans.
  The President's broken promises are concerning, especially for our 
States dealing with this growing mess.
  ``This bandage may provide temporary relief,'' stated the insurance 
commissioner in my home State of Pennsylvania in response to the 
President's cancelation fix. However, ``Pennsylvania will continue to 
see additional cancelations, rate increases, and significant problems 
due to Affordable Care Act-driven changes in the insurance 
marketplace.''
  Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve better.

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