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Jason Smith: I thank the chairman. So let's look at it. If you have a $30,000 medical procedure, under his old insurance plan, he had…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
I thank the chairman. So let's look at it. If you have a $30,000 medical procedure, under his old insurance plan, he had a $2,500 deductible. Under this new plan, with his $6,350 deductible plus the 40 percent on top of it, he is going to be out $15,810. This is what my constituent Frank wrote: ObamaCare is clearly the biggest, most costly lie that has ever been forced upon me by the Federal Government. It should be entitled what it is, the ``Most Ridiculously Unaffordable Health Care Act.'' Mr. Speaker, that is why I am standing here today with my colleagues asking for a vote on H.R. 596 to repeal the most ridiculously unaffordable health care act.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri
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Feb 3, 2015

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