For Ruthann: Pass the Keep Your Health Plan Act

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, the promises upon which ObamaCare was built are crumbling.

Ruthann from Hickory, North Carolina, is a healthy 61-year-old. Last month, she received this letter from her insurance provider:

Dear Ruthann,

Due to Affordable Care Act regulations, your current ..... medical plan will no longer be offered for 2014 ..... The monthly premium for your new plan will be $738.05.

Ruthann is right to be frustrated by this news.

Today, she pays $396 each month for a plan with a lower deductible that covers the services she needs. Paying $350 more each month is out of the question for Ruthann and her family.

Her next best option under ObamaCare is to pay $510 a month for a higher deductible plan that will force her to pay out of pocket for some of the basic tests and procedures her current insurance provides.

Ruthann says:

In effect, I am now relegated to a policy that will only be helpful in case of a catastrophic illness resulting in hospitalization.

How is that anything resembling ``affordable care?''

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