On the recordNovember 14, 2013
Last month in Missouri, only 751 individuals signed up for the Federal exchanges as thousands of other individuals lost their health care. These numbers and the need to institute a fix that allows Americans to keep their current coverage further highlight that the President's health care law is a failure. One of my many constituents who has been affected by the law is Stephanie Botkin of Barnhart, Missouri. Stephanie, her husband, and her two teenage youngsters are hardworking, healthy, and they do not use a great deal of health services. She told me that they have been extremely pleased with their current plan because it works for them in terms of cost and coverage. Now, thanks to the President's health care law, Stephanie has been told that her family cannot keep its current plan, and will be forced to buy a different plan with a premium that costs 66 percent more per month and that has a higher deductible and an exorbitant co-pay, in other words, a plan that costs more and covers less. Today, the President announced yet another fix to the law, which he technically does not have the authority to do. The fix is for him to sign legislation the House will pass tomorrow that will protect Americans from this damaging law. For Stephanie and her family's sake and for the good of the American public, it is time the President does the right thing and works with Congress. ____________________
