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On the recordDecember 10, 2025
for months, our Democratic colleagues have been fearmongering about our healthcare system. They blamed everyone but themselves for the skyrocketing premiums Americans are dealing with today. The truth is, Obamacare destroyed--absolutely destroyed--our healthcare system. It is completely unaffordable. As a result, American families are now paying the enormous price for Barack Obama and woke Democrats' ObamaCare system. Sure, the idea of ObamaCare sounded great. Who doesn't love the idea of free healthcare? But those of us who live in reality or understand basic economics knew this was never, ever going to work, which is why not a single Republican voted for it in the Senate or the House, when it was voted on. You see, Obamacare was always destined to fail. You can't pump millions of dollars into healthcare and not expect rampant fraud to take place. It is not possible. Nevertheless, woke Democrats rammed it through Congress, and it was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. It was the biggest overhaul of our healthcare system since Medicare and Medicaid, in 1965. On paper, it sounded great--expand access, protect people with preexisting conditions, and make insurance cheaper for families without employer plans. But to no one's surprise, what started as a bold Democratic dream of affordable coverage for all turned into a bloated mess.…
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Tommy Tuberville
Republican · Alabama

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Criticizing the Affordable Care Act during a speech on healthcare policy.

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