Obamacare

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, the President's claim that Americans can keep the plans they know and like, to me, always appeared somewhat misinformed, if not insincere.

First of all, the law was designed to completely restructure America's health care system. Some, if not millions, of Americans were bound to lose their plans.

Plain and simple, the law was designed to have a large majority of Americans give up their health care coverage, pay higher premiums, or face a tax increase. In fact, if millions of Americans did not lose their coverage, the health insurance exchanges would be full of high-risk consumers, without healthier populations subsidizing those plans.

The President's broken promises are concerning, especially for our States dealing with this growing mess.

"This bandage may provide temporary relief,'' stated the insurance commissioner in my home State of Pennsylvania in response to the President's cancellation fix. However, "Pennsylvania will continue to see additional cancellations, rate increases, and significant problems due to Affordable Care Act-driven changes in the insurance marketplace.''

Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve better.

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