Marsha Blackburn: “Thank you so much, and I thank the gentlelady for her attention on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I think each of us wants to…”

“Thank you so much, and I thank the gentlelady for her attention on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I think each of us wants to thank the leadership for allowing us to have time on the House floor and talk directly to the American people in order to be certain that they know exactly what is in this unaffordable act. We have talked a lot about why we want to delay it and defund it and repeal it and replace it, and the importance of that. As the gentlelady from Minnesota mentioned, one of the problems that we hear from women is--guess what?--the cost of insurance is going up. The President had said it's going to save you $2,500, and we are hearing now that it is going to be going up between $3,000 and $7,500 per family per year for the cost of insurance. When you look at the cost of these exchanges, they're not saving money; it's costing them more. We are hearing reports of how out-of-pocket expenses are expected to escalate. It may be $5,000 or $6,000 per family. The costs are escalating in what families are going to be using to pay for health care, and because of that, they are looking at us and are saying you have to get the costs down.…”