On the recordDecember 11, 2013
I thank my friend from Arizona for coming down and showing what a traumatic situation we have right now. I hope two things come from this. First of all, that we go ahead and pass the NDA bill and then make sure that next year we are there to make sure this doesn't happen again in the same way it has happened. I ask unanimous consent to have some testimonials printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Oklahomans Are Hit Hard by ObamaCare It took me three days to sign up for ObamaCare due to website glitches. When I finally got through, I saw my own premium rise 20% and my out of pocket costs go up. But this is nothing compared to what Oklahomans are experiencing. In just a week's time, I received more than 400 stories from my constituents impacted by ObamaCare. Julia in Broken Arrow said that to keep her family's current plan, they will pay an additional $1,400 in premiums and another $4,000 out-of-pocket. Lloyd, from Tecumseh, says he is dropping his current insurance and choosing to pay the penalty after learning his monthly premium will jump from $592 to $1,952. Stacy, a mother of three in Oklahoma City, shared with me that her family's health insurance premiums will increase 20%, with an additional $6,000 in out of pocket costs per person, up to $18,000. Joy of Oklahoma City said her family's deductible is increasing by $2,000 and they will have to pay out of pocket for prescriptions.…
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