Blake Farenthold: “For the past several days, this morning during our morning-hour debate, I have been listening to my colleagues across…”

“For the past several days, this morning during our morning-hour debate, I have been listening to my colleagues across the aisle talking about the dire consequences the repeal of ObamaCare will have. Well, I have got to tell you something. It is already having dire consequences. The law itself is having dire consequences. Americans like my constituent Dotty Legg from Victoria, Texas, wrote to my office with a desperate plea to get relief from the effects of ObamaCare. In 2012, Dotty's coverage was around $400 a month with a $2,500 deductible. In 2014, it went up to almost $600. In 2015, $700 a month, and that is coverage for just one person. Well, in 2016, Dotty's carrier told her they could no longer cover her, so she had to go somewhere else. She went to another carrier and they only had an option that was almost $700 a month, and her deductible skyrocketed to $6,500. That is pretty unaffordable for something called the Affordable Care Act. I have got to tell you, back before ObamaCare, back before the Affordable Care Act, a policy with a $6,500 deductible would have been one of the least expensive policies you could have bought. It would have been a catastrophic policy. We have got to fix this. It gets even worse. We don't see what goes on in 2017. The company is pulling out. Dotty can't find coverage at all. The Affordable Care Act is not affordable, and it is full of broken promises. Most of the promises made were broken with Dotty.…”