{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://roby.house.gov/press-release/roby-seeks-stories-those-personally-affected-healthcare-law", "Roby Seeks Stories from Those Personally Affected by Healthcare Law", "2013-11-07", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Martha Roby", "R000591", "roby.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "As stories continue to surface about Americans experiencing insurance plan cancellations and rate hikes, U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) is asking constituents who are experiencing drastic changes to their insurance plans to contact her and share their stories. Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare, thousands in Alabama and millions across the country are facing health insurance cancellations or skyrocketing costs, despite President Obama\u2019s well-publicized promise of \u201cif you like your health plan you will be able to keep your health plan.\u201d With legislative efforts underway to reconcile this problem, Rep. Roby said personal examples of the law\u2019s impact can play an important role in achieving needed reforms. \u201cHouse and Senate members from both parties recognize the basic unfairness that has occurred, and legislation to allow Americans to keep their health insurance is gaining traction. \u201cHowever, even though Republicans and Democrats support fixing this problem, we are fighting an uphill battle because this is President Obama\u2019s signature law. Right now, the White House is still resisting the idea of actually allowing Americans to keep the health insurance they like, even though that is exactly what President Obama promised for years. \u201cI\u2019m asking Alabamians who have been impacted by ObamaCare to share their stories. If your rates have increased, if the plan you like got cancelled or altered, if you won\u2019t be able to see your doctor \u2013 tell me about it. Tell me your story so I can be your voice in Congress and push for change. \u201cThe more we highlight specific examples that demonstrate the real-life consequences of ObamaCare, the more pressure we can put on the White House to accept commonsense, bi-partisan reforms.\u201d Rep. Roby is co-sponsoring the \u201cKeep Your Health Plan Act,\u201d which would ensure individual policy holders who like their healthcare plans are truly allowed to keep them. Similar proposals are surfacing in the Senate. Rep. Roby on Thursday debuted a special online form to make it easy for constituents to share their personal stories. Additionally, individuals are invited to share their ObamaCare stories with Rep. Roby on Facebook or Twitter, by email, or by calling Rep. Roby\u2019s Washington, D.C. office at 202-225-2901.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://roby.house.gov/press-release/roby-seeks-stories-those-personally-affected-healthcare-law"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8491571061313152, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}