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On the recordJuly 18, 2013
Mr. President, just a few moments ago I heard the President speaking from the White House regarding ObamaCare. He was lamenting, saying: Why are we still litigating old news around here? Let's move on to other things. This issue has been finished. The reason this issue is still being talked about is because ObamaCare is a disaster. I think it is important to remember when we talk about health insurance that most Americans do have health insurance they are happy with. But no one would dispute that we have a health insurance problem in this country. For many who have insurance the cost of their insurance is getting unaffordable, and many others have no access to insurance at all. They have a job, perhaps, that doesn't provide it or they are chronically ill so insurance is impossible for them to find or they are young and healthy and they never go to a doctor, so they figure, why do they need it? Yes, for millions of people the cost and availability of insurance is a real problem, and we should do something about that. The problem is ObamaCare, as a solution, is a massive government takeover of health insurance in America, and it does not fix the problem. It only makes it worse, and that is why we are still talking about it. It makes it worse for a number of reasons. Tomorrow I am going to visit a business in Florida where the reality is growing every single day. Tomorrow I will visit Gatorland. Gatorland is in central Florida.…
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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