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On the recordNovember 5, 2013
Mr. President, among the many promises the President made when he and congressional Democrats enacted their unpopular health care law nearly 4 years ago--which, by the way, was enacted without any bipartisan input or support--there is one thing in particular Americans definitely have not forgotten. It was the promise President Obama repeated over and over again to the American people at rally after rally. You can't turn on the TV or radio or pick up a newspaper these days without this promise the President made so definitively being played over and over again because it was so ingrained in the thoughts of the American people: If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. By saying ``period'' behind it, it is like he puts a stamp on it: That is it. No disagreement. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep it. Period. Well, here are the facts. The ObamaCare online marketplace has been in place for 1 month and a couple of days. Already, at least 3.5 million Americans have received cancellation notices from their insurance companies. Lord knows how many more letters are in the mail or will be in the mail, arriving in Americans' mailboxes in the coming weeks and months ahead. So when the President says: If you like your health care plan, you can keep it--already 3.5 million Americans have been told: No, actually you can't keep your health care plan.…
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Dan Coats
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