{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://kelly.house.gov/press-release/rep-kelly-highlights-alternative-obamacare-fox-news%E2%80%99-your-world", "Rep. Kelly Highlights Alternative to Obamacare on Fox News\u2019 'Your World'", "2013-12-17", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Mike Kelly", "K000376", "kelly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Kelly: \u201cWe\u2019ve got a plan: it\u2019s the American Health Care Reform Act.\u201d \n\n\tCLICK TO WATCH\n\n\tWASHINGTON \u2014 Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, appeared live in-studio on Fox News Channel\u2019s Your World with guest host Stuart Varney on Monday, December 16, 2013, to discuss the patient-centered alternative to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that he is co-sponsoring known as the American Health Care Reform Act (H.R. 3121). More information about the plan can be found here.\n\tDuring the interview, Rep. Kelly directly addressed President Obama\u2019s false charge that opponents of Obamacare have not offered any alternatives. He explained his alternate plan, and shared a recent real-life story detailing Obamacare\u2019s harmful impact on his constituents.\n\tInterview highlights from Rep. Kelly:\n\t\u201cThe president\u2026 I think he thinks that if he says it often enough and long enough and loud enough, people will listen to him. But I do think now we realize the emperor has no clothes. And we\u2019re looking at this and we\u2019re saying, \u2018This just isn\u2019t working, Mr. President.\u2019 And we\u2019ve been going and talking to him, but he\u2019s a tough guy to talk to, because if you\u2019re not speaking his language, he doesn\u2019t hear you.\u201d\n\t\u201cYou know and I know this was never about health care for people \u2014 this is about insurance for people. There\u2019s a huge difference. We have the best health care in the world. Now [our country\u2019s most vulnerable] just have to have access to it and it has to be affordable. We\u2019ve done things that make commonsense approaches to making it easier for everyday Americans to be able to go to sleep at night, put your head on the pillow, and know you\u2019re covered. We\u2019ve got you covered. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re there for. That\u2019s our job. If we can\u2019t do that, we shouldn\u2019t be in Washington.\u201d\n\t\u201cWell we\u2019ve got a plan: it\u2019s the American Health Care Reform Act. You can go to Kelly.house.gov \u2014 now that\u2019s a website you can get on \u2013 and you can read the information. It\u2019s all there. It\u2019s been there for a long time. We\u2019ve tried to be driving this message. But again, this doesn\u2019t fit the president\u2019s narrative. This has nothing to do with the president or his personality; this has to do with his performance.\u201d\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s no \u2018one size fits all.\u2019 That\u2019s the beauty of our plan. We allow people to choose what\u2019s best for them.\u201d\n\t\u201cWhen I go home to Butler, there\u2019s a little restaurant that I eat at \u2014 Natili\u2019s. It\u2019s a fourth generation place, great Italian food. Cindy waits on me all the time. Now, the last time I was in with my wife, [Cindy] said, \u2018Mike, can I talk to you about something? I hate to interrupt your dinner, but you know what? I am really torn. My husband\u2019s company no longer is going to cover me. They\u2019re just going to cover him.\u2019 \u2026 Because of Obamacare. And she says, \u2018Now I have to go out and get my own insurance. I checked: it\u2019s going to cost me $780 dollars a month. I can\u2019t work enough hours, I can\u2019t generate enough tips, to pay for that.\u2019 \u2026 She says, essentially, \u2018I have no insurance.\u2019 And you know what? Cindy\u2019s right. And there are 250,000 Pennsylvanians that are finding out that they no longer have health care.\u201d\n\t\u201cI\u2019m an automobile dealer. Next year, I\u2019ve got to come back and come up with a plan that makes sense for the people that I\u2019ve worked with for the last sixty-some years. And my dad started our business. One of the things we had, a hallmark \u2014 we took care of our associates. This Obamacare makes it impossible for us to maintain the great relationship we had with the people that worked with us and tried to keep our customers happy. 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