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Obamacare

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 14, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health Insurance

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Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I would like to tell the story of a constituent who emailed and is so representative of what thousands are going through in Arkansas.

Mark from Little Rock wrote to me after receiving his cancellation notice. This is what he had to say:

I recently received a notice from Blue Cross-Blue Shield that my individual health insurance policy will not be renewed after 2014 due to ObamaCare. Although I am very happy with this policy, I'm being forced out of it after 2014.

The alternative options under the Affordable Care Act are not very affordable. The closest alternative plan will increase my deductible 25% and increase my monthly premiums 300%. ..... from $285 a month to $850 a month.

Mark notes that his current plan is Blue Cross, which he describes as not a ``bad apple'' provider, and that he will be required to pay for the entire cost of this new plan out-of-pocket. These are all very serious problems with the program, and certainly Mark is not alone.

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