On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
on Christmas Eve 2009 on the floor of the Senate, I and the other 99 Members of the Senate voted on what is known as the Affordable Care Act, which later became known as ObamaCare. It has been 7 years since that debate, and a lot has happened. When it passed on the floor of the Senate and in the House, I voted against it because I feared it would limit access, cost more, and limit choice. It was sold as doing the opposite. It was sold as costing less, expanding choice, and expanding access. But facts are stubborn things. It is now time for us to look at ObamaCare and the Affordable Care Act, realize what it has done to us, and realize time is running out for us to correct the imperfections of that legislation. On choice, remember what the President said: If you like your policy, you can keep it. Because of what we are doing, there is going to be more access for those who don't have a policy. But, in fact, those who liked the policy they had didn't get to keep it. In fact, a lot of their coverage went away or became more limited. The cost was going to be less expensive because everybody was going to be covered, but, in fact, everybody was not covered and costs have gone up.…
