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Ted Poe: The health of the Nation is now in the hands of government. Let's see how it is working out for people who work for a…

On the recordNovember 14, 2013
The health of the Nation is now in the hands of government. Let's see how it is working out for people who work for a living. Many Americans are feeling the pain of government health care, and here is what some of them have sent me from my congressional district in Texas. Billie from Spring, Texas, writes: I can't afford what ObamaCare will cost. How can they say it is better? My company pays part of my insurance, and the insurance is good. Why do I have to change to something I cannot afford? It doesn't make any sense. My doctor told me a lot of them will retire rather than deal with this horrible health care law. The quality of doctors will diminish. I thought the government was for the people. Well, Billie, apparently the government is for the government and not for the people. James from Humble, Texas, says: Please defund ObamaCare. My employer has already informed us our health care will be changing, and this comes at a very bad time for my family. We will be forced into exchanges and employer informs us the company has the right to end subsidized retiree health care in the future. Higher costs, higher deductibles, and total confusion. This will have a negative impact on our economic future as we enter our retirement years. Small business owner Terrence Wolfe from Humble says: Defund ObamaCare before we collapse our entire economy. We cannot afford it as a Nation, and I cannot afford it as a small business owner.…
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Ted Poe
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Nov 14, 2013

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