[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5375]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HEALTH INSURANCE SIGN-UPS SURGE

  (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, these are heady days in the State of 
Connecticut where both the UConn men and women are in the Final Four, 
shocking the world.
  Mr. Speaker, there has also been another team working hard in the 
State of Connecticut. That is the assisters, navigators, insurance 
agents, community health centers, faith-based groups, and call center 
employees who have been enrolling Connecticut citizens in the 
Affordable Care Act at a frantic pace.
  As of Monday night, they had enrolled 197,000 Connecticut citizens. 
Even though the target that HHS gave last summer was only 100,000, they 
doubled the target that was given to the State of Connecticut. Why? 
Because these assisters, like Marianne Martinez, said:

       I heard a lot of stories from people who hadn't had 
     insurance or seen a doctor in years. Some people came in 
     expecting insurance would cost them $500 a month, and it 
     turned out to be only $40 or $100. It was a breath of fresh 
     air.

  Congratulations to all those individuals who are helping, helping 
people in this country get access to health care.
  And go, Huskies.

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