WHEN WE'RE SEEING HEADLINE AFTER HEADLINE ABOUT OBAMACARE PLAN PREMIUMS INCREASING AGAIN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. NOW REMEMBER WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID. HE SAID IF YOU LIKE YOUR PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PLAN. IF YOU LIKE YOUR DOCTOR, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR DOCTOR. AND HE SAID PREMIUMS WOULD GO DOWN BY $2,500 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. WELL, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS PREMIUMS GO UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND NOW MY COLLEAGUE FROM CONNECTICUT SAYS IN SPITE OF ALL THE MONEY BEING SPENT ON THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW, PREMIUMS ARE STILL GOING UP. IN HIS HOME STATE OF CONNECTICUT, THEY'RE GOING UP AND THEY'RE GOING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE'S A HEADLINE IN THE "CONNECTICUT MIRROR." "INSURERS SEEK RATE HIKES FOR 2006 OBAMACARE PLANS." THAT'S IN CONNECTICUT. I HEARD MY COLLEAGUE TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING SUPREME COURT CASE OF KING VS. BURWELL. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT CASE, HE SAID THAT THE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN. WHERE'S THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN? HE'S THE GUY THAT MADE THIS MESS. THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S LAW. THIS IS THE LAW THAT THE DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR. THERE'S THAT OLD SIGN IN THE POTTERY BARN, IF YOU BREAK IT, YOU BOUGHT IT. THE PRESIDENT BROKE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY. AND IF THE SUPREME COURT RULES, THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT HE HAS ACTED ILLEGALLY, HE'S THE ONE THAT MADE THE MESS. HE'S THE ONE THAT CREATED THE PROBLEM. AND WHEN MY COLLEAGUE FROM CONNECTICUT SAYS WHERE'S THE PLAN OF THE REPUBLICANS, I SAY WHERE'S THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN? IT'S INTERESTING THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE A PLAN TO PROTECT THE INSURANCE COMPANY BUT HE HAS NO PLANS TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. HE HAS A BUILT-IN PLAN FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES SO THAT WHEN THEY WROTE THE POLICIES THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE BY THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THOSE POLICIES COULD BE CANCELED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES IF THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE PRESIDENT ACTED ILLEGALLY. BUT YET, THERE IS NO PATH, NO SAFE PATH FOR THOSE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE OBEYING THE LAW IF THE COURT RULES, AS THE WAY I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BASED ON THE READING OF THE LAW. SO OF COURSE PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE VERY CONCERNED WHEN THEY SEE ONCE AGAIN THE INSURANCE THAT THEY'RE MANDATED TO BUY BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS, THE INSURANCE THEY'RE MANDATED TO BUY BY THE HEALTH CARE LAW, IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE NEXT YEAR THAN THIS YEAR. IN CONNECTICUT, FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS ARTICLE, "INSURANCE COMPANIES SELLING HEALTH PLANS THROUGH THE STATE'S HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES ARE SEEKING TO RAISE RATES NEXT YEAR." IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT DESPITE THE CARRIER'S PROJECTED INCREASE FOR COSTS, CITING RAISING CLAIMS EXPENSES, A PLANNED PRODUCTION IN PROTECTION AGAINST -- A PLANNED REDUCTION IN PROTECTION AGAINST HIGH-COST CLAIMS -- WHY? IT SAYS FROM A TEMPORARY FEDERAL PROGRAM INTENDED TO PROVIDE STABILITY FOR INSURERS -- PROVIDE STABILITY FOR INSURERS -- DURING THE INITIAL YEARS OF THE PLAN, OF THE HEALTH CARE LAW. THIS WAS THE BAILOUT OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS BUILT INTO THE HEALTH CARE LAW TO GET THEM TO GO ALONG. IT SAYS THE RATE FILINGS ARE PROPOSALS, NOT ACTUAL CHANGES. PROPOSALS, NOT CHANGES. SAID THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT ANALYZE THE PROPOSALS AND ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS IS THE CONNECTICUT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. WELL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN CONNECTICUT FILED COMMENTS, AND I HAVE THEM, MR. PRESIDENT, TO SHARE WITH YOU AND SHARE WITH OUR LISTENERS TODAY. AND THESE ARE THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE SENATOR FROM CONNECTICUT, WHO COMES HERE TO THE FLOOR AND MEET AS IT IS. THIS GOES ON AND SAYS "I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS TO BE A-- AFFORDABLE. WITH AFF CONNECTICUT, WAS TO BE AFFORDABLE. NOTHING BUT A BURDE HE SAYS "I WAS HAPPY WITH MY PREVIOUS PLAN." WEREN'T SO MANY AMERICANS HAPPY WITH THEIR PREVIOUS PLAN BEFORE THE PRESIDENT, WHO TOLD THEM IF THEY LIKED IT THEY COULD KEEP IT, WELL, THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT OUT THERE. AND THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT WAS CALLED THE LIE OF THE Y ELIMINATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2015. MY HEALTH CARE HE SAYS WENT UP $100 FOR LESS COVERAGE. AND DEMOCRATS WONDER WHY THIS HEALTH CARE LAW ISN'T POPULAR. ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE PAYING MORE, GETTING LESS, AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE CLUELESS AS TO WHY THIS IS SO UNPOPULAR. PLEASE DON'T CONSTITUENTS WRITING IN TO THE CONNECTICUT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC COMMENT. HERE'S ANOTHER: PLEASE, NO RATE INCREASE. I CAN'T AFFORD THE INSURANCE NOW, IT GOES ON. I PAY $594 A MONTH FOR MYSELF, A 60-YEAR-OLD FEMALE IN RELATIVELY GOOD HEALTH. AND THEN THE NEXT LINE: I HAVE A $5,500 DEDUCTIBLE. I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE SOME TESTING DONE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT. WE HEARD THE SENATOR COME TO THE FLOOR AND SAY ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE INSURANCE. THIS PERSON FIGURES, SHE HAS INSURANCE BUT IT IS OF NO VALUE TO HER WHATSOEVER WITH HER $5,500 DEDUCTIBLE. CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE TESTING BECAUSE OF THE DEDUCTIBLE. SHE SAYS "IT WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE THE BIG SECURITY BREACH AND WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BEING STOLEN IN THE YEARS TO COME, AND YOU WANT TO INCREASE OUR RATES." THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPENING IN CONNECTICUT. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC IS TELLING THE CONNECTICUT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH THESE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES. THERE'S ANOTHER: I'M WRITING YOU REGARDING THE RATE INCREASE FILING PARTICULARLY THE HEALTH INSURANCE FILINGS IN GENERAL. I'M AN INDIVIDUAL BUYER WHO DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL SUBSIDIES DUE TO MY INCOME LEVEL. I'VE BEEN BUYING MY FAMILY PLAN SINCE BEFORE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HAD BEEN PASSED AND IMPLEMENTED. " I HAD INSURANCE, DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR A SUBSIDY. SINCE IS THEN, SINCE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS PASSED BY THE FAMILY PLAN IN CONNECTICUT, HAS BECOME ALMOST FINANCIALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO, AS IT HAS BECOME A REAL FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR ME. CURRENTLY, I'M PAYING SOME 22% OF MY FEDERAL A.G.I. FOR A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE. FAMILY DEDUCTIBLE RATE, $11,000. $11,000. NOW, THE SENATOR FROM CONNECTICUT MAY SAY HEY, GREAT, THIS PERSON HAS INSURANCE. INSURANCE THEY CAN'T AFFORD, THEY CAN'T USE BECAUSE OF THE DEDUCTIBLE. IT SAYS AS YOU ARE CERTAINLY WELL AWARE BEFORE THE PASSING OF THE CARE ACT, MY PREMIUM FOR HEALTH CARE WAS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE. WHY IS IT? WELL, IT'S BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT DECIDED HE WANTED TO TRANSFER MONEY FROM ONE GROUP TO ANOTHER, AND THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD INSURANCE THAT HE LIKED, FAMILY LIKED WORKED FOR THEM, THEY COULD AFFORD, NOW CANNOT AFFORD, CANNOT USE BECAUSE OF THE DEDUCTIBLE. THEY'RE STILL INSURED, SO I GUESS THE PRESIDENT -- THE SENATOR FROM CONNECTICUT WOULD CALL THAT A BIG WIN FOR ONE OF HIS CONSTITUENTS WHO IS CLEARLY BEING HURT. NOW HERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S COME IN FROM CONNECTICUT. ARE YOU NUTS, THIS PERSON SAYS. THIS CANNOT GO ON. MY AFFORDABLE -- AND AFFORDABLE IS IN QUOTES -- INSURANCE HAS ALREADY INCREASED $200 A MONTH AND NOW YOU WANT MORE? MY INCOME DOESN'T EVEN INCREASE THIS MUCH. PAYING THE PENALTY FOR NO INSURANCE IS A BETTER OPTION THAN THIS. DO NOT INCREASE. LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS LIKE THE REST OF US. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN -- IS THERE A SURPRISE THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE A VERY UNPOPULAR LAW? SHOULD IT SURPRISE? IT SURPRISES THE DEMOCRATS, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THEY SEE THAT IN POLL AFTER POLL, MONTH AFTER MONTH, THE HEALTH CARE LAW IS MORE UNPOPULAR THAN IT IS POPULAR, AND THE REASON IS PEOPLE DON'T SEE IT AS A GOOD DEAL FOR THEM. THEY FEEL IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN HEALTH, THEIR OWN FAMILIES, THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES THIS HEALTH CARE LAW HAS BEEN A BURDEN ON THEM AND IN THEIR LIFE AND IMPACTED THEM AS A FAMILY. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE FROM CONNECTICUT. THE A.C.A. RAISED OUR HEALTH INSURANCE EXPENSE, BOTH PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES, BY 67% FOR SIMPLE COVERAGE. 67% FOR SIMILAR COVERAGE. REMEMBER, THE PRESIDENT TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WHAT THEY HAD COVERAGE ON WASN'T ANY GOOD. WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PRESIDENT. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR THAT FAMILY BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PRESIDENT. SO THEY HAD TO BUY AND FOR SIMILAR COVERAGE PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES UP 67%. PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS ADDITIONAL INCREASE. THE PERSON SAYS THEY WOULD BE FINE WITH THEIR OLD POLICY BUT THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO KEEP IT BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH CARE LAW. MR. PRESIDENT, I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON. IT'S ASTONISHING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE CONNECTICUT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT WITH A RESPONSE WHEN THEY WERE ASKED AND PUT OUT THE FILINGS OF THEIR REQUESTS FOR HIGHER RATES. IT'S JUST INTERESTING. ONE NOR FROM SOUTH BERRY, CONNECTICUT. THE ALLEGED PURPOSE OF THIS SCHOOL AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT -- ALLEGED PURPOSE. FIRST NANCY PELOSI YOU HAVE TO PASS IT BEFORE YOU FIND OUT WHAT'S IN IT. THE ALLEGED PURPOSE WAS TO GET AND KEEP HEALTH CARE COSTS UNDER CONTROL. THE PERSON GOES ON FROM SOUTH BERRY, CONNECTICUT. NOW MY SUBSIDIZED MONTHLY PREMIUM IS MORE THAN DOUBLE. THE SUBSIDIZED PREMIUM IS MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT I PAID BEFORE BEING FORCED INTO THE POOL. IT SAID IF THE A.C.A. IS A FAILURE, THEN WHY AM I BEING PENALIZED? PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY BELIEVE THEY ARE PERSONALLY BEING PENALIZED BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE OBAMA HEALTH CARE PLAN AND THIS ADMINISTRATION WHO CHOSE TO, WITH ONE PARTY AND ONE PARTY ALONE, FORCE A VERY EXPENSIVE,
