[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20302]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. BARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, being uninsured in the era of ObamaCare is 
about to get a lot more expensive. The penalty for individuals and 
families who cannot afford ObamaCare-approved plans will double next 
year.
  Congress will soon finalize a reconciliation bill that will repeal 
this punitive individual mandate tax. We urge the President to sign 
this bill for the sake of American families who can't afford this 
penalty.
  Rather than punish Americans who can't afford to buy ObamaCare's 
expensive insurance with an equally unaffordable tax, here is a better 
idea: Let's give uninsured Americans the freedom to purchase high-
quality private insurance on a more affordable basis.
  House Republicans have and will continue to offer the American people 
an alternative to ObamaCare. We call it the American Health Care Reform 
Act. This legislation, which I helped draft and which I cosponsored, 
will actually decrease the cost of health care without growing 
government.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to end this costly experiment called 
ObamaCare and to actually focus on solutions that will lower costs and 
make life easier for the American people.

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