Obamacare

Floor Speech

Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, at least 225,000 residents of Michigan have--or will shortly--received letters informing them that their current health insurance policies will be canceled because of ObamaCare. To put that number in context, more people in Michigan have had their private health care plans canceled due to ObamaCare than have even selected the private plan nationwide on healthcare.gov.

Adding insult to injury, the dismal enrollment number announced by the administration does not represent an adequate depiction of the ObamaCare experience. Whether it is Nancy from Grant, Barbara from Walker, Terry from Grandville, or David from Twin Lake, my constituents all seem to be sharing the same experience: frustration, followed by exasperation, rounded out with higher costs that they can't afford. We hear you, and I am here for you.

The reality of the ObamaCare ``experience'' is a Web site that is difficult to navigate--when it actually works--coupled with policy options that result in higher health care costs for Michigan consumers.

I applaud my friend and colleague, Fred Upton, who is going to be leading a charge to provide a legislative solution for that problem tomorrow. I hope our friends across the aisle will be able to provide that same relief to their constituents, and I hope they will join me in doing so.

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