Obamacare

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, President Obama promised if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan; but for tens of thousands of Montanans, his words are nothing more than a broken promise that has resulted in canceled insurance plans and rising health care costs.

I have already heard from hundreds of Montanans who are looking for relief from ObamaCare; and, unfortunately, the President's recent announcement isn't a long-term fix; nor does it address the core problems with this failed law.

Mr. Speaker, this is called the people's House, and I want to share the story of the people of Montana tonight in this body.

Dean and Summer, from Flathead County, who have an autistic son and a daughter with muscular dystrophy, were just notified, as I spoke with the mom last week on the phone, that their rates are going up $4,500 a year because of ObamaCare.

Or take, for example, Jim, a business owner in Troy, Montana, who will need to cut employee hours to avoid paying the ObamaCare fine and keep his business afloat.

Or Anne Marie in Miles City, Montana, whose family is facing an additional $3,000 per year in health care costs due to increased premiums and deductibles.

Or Paula, a health care provider in Kalispell, who is questioning the viability of her private practice and her ability to continue providing care to many of her patients.

Montanans deserve a permanent solution, not a short-term, politically driven patch. I will continue fighting to fully repeal ObamaCare and working toward real solutions that protect Montanans' access to their doctors and the health care plans they want.

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