On the recordOctober 5, 2013
I thank the gentleman from Florida. Mr. Speaker, I want to read a couple of more comments from my Facebook page that have come in in the last days. This is from a gentleman named Richard Lay: Since ObamaCare my insurance rates have gone through the roof. Every teacher I know has seen their monthly insurance rates increase by more than $200 to $300 per month. One teacher's went up by $400. Mr. Anthony Rhodes from Arlington, Texas writes: My rates have increased over 15 percent a year for the last 3 years. Last year and 3 years ago, my deductibles also went up 20 and 50 percent respectively. There has been nothing affordable about my health care for the last 3 years. I have less coverage and it costs me more, and even if I wanted to cancel it, I am better off paying the high prices because I get hit with a penalty tax if I cancel. I get fighting mad just thinking about the mess of legislation that was passed so that we could ``find out what's in it.'' With that, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from the 11th District of Texas, Mr. Mike Conaway, from Midland, Texas.
