John Kline: “I thank the gentleman for yielding time and for his incredible leadership on this issue. Dr. Burgess has been…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding time and for his incredible leadership on this issue. Dr. Burgess has been championing real solutions for over 10 years. Mr. Speaker, 140,000; that is the number of people from my home State of Minnesota who have been notified their health coverage will be canceled as a result of the President's health care law. John, a constituent from Burnsville, recently learned his own health plan is no longer available. John liked the plan he had and now has to pay 20 percent more to secure coverage. For many people, a cancelation notice means more than the loss of an insurance policy. It means losing access to the trusted doctors, pediatricians, and nurses who care for their families. We all know how critical these relationships are, especially in difficult moments when a loved one is injured or ill; but for countless families, those relationships will soon be lost, all because Washington bureaucrats think they know best. The President promised time and again if people liked their health care plan, they could keep it; but the American people are discovering the President failed to keep his word, leaving them with only political gimmicks and a broken Web site. The President may have apologized--and we appreciate that--but the country deserves a President who not only admits when he is wrong, but does what is necessary to make it right. That is why I support this legislation. The Keep Your Health Plan Act is about fairness.…”