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Affordable Care Act

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 3, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health Insurance

Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to acquaint you and my colleagues with Mr. Butch Matthews, a 61-year-old former small businessman from Little Rock, Arkansas, who used to wake up every morning at 4 a.m. to deliver canned beverages to retailers before retiring in 2010.

A lifelong Republican, he was heavily skeptical of the Affordable Care Act when it first passed. ``I did not think ObamaCare was going to be a good plan; I did not think it would help me at all'' is what he said. But after a little research, he has now found out that he can get a better plan than he already had and at the same time save $13,000 a year.

When he was asked what would he say to people who are skeptical about the plan, Mr. Matthews says this: ``I would tell them to learn more about it before they start talking bad about it.''

Mr. Speaker, he is still a real strong Republican, but he says: I'm very happy this came along.


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