[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8734]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. ROE of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROE of Tennessee. President Obama took the stage last Friday in 
California and admitted that some Americans will see higher costs on 
their health care premiums, but blamed employers for shifting costs 
rather than taking responsibility for the damage caused by his damaged 
health care reform.
  The President also said the law was ``working the way it was supposed 
to,'' but many employers, myself included, cannot tell their employees 
exactly what their health insurance premiums will look like next year.
  Worse, President Obama neglected to include all the facts in his 
stump speech, touting a recent report that claimed health care would be 
less expensive for Californians under the law. The truth is: in 
California, the cheapest plan under ObamaCare for a 25-year-old man is 
roughly 64 percent to 117 percent more expensive than the five cheapest 
policies sold today, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  The uncertainty around the implementation and cost of the Affordable 
Care Act is causing economic chaos during a time employers need 
stability, and it appears this train wreck is only going to get worse.
  Madam Speaker, ObamaCare was a bad idea 3\1/2\ years ago, and today 
we're seeing exactly how this law is bad medicine for this country.

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