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On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
I was pleased to see on the front page of the Washington Post that President-Elect Trump was speaking about how we should maintain at least the number of people covered under ObamaCare in a new kind of replacement for that portion of ObamaCare. If you will, I agree totally with him. We should fulfill this promise and do it, as he said, at a lower cost. We think we have a mechanism to do so with Senator Collins. We will speak to that today. First, let me point out, for those who are praising ObamaCare, I will say that since it has passed, the American people have been voting consistently against candidates who supported ObamaCare, culminating in the election of President-Elect Trump. So whatever folks might say about how wonderful it is, the American people are voting against it consistently. That said, there is a mandate from the American people not just to repeal but to replace. So it is not that the American people don't want to have coverage, and they want folks with preexisting conditions to have their issues addressed, but what they are concerned about is the way ObamaCare was forced upon them, with the power of Washington, DC, reaching into their own life, if you will, to their kitchen table, promising them penalties unless they comply with the Washington bureaucrats directly. That is what the American people do not like. So, first, can we maintain coverage? President-Elect Trump said we are going to have insurance for everybody. Two, will we cover more?…
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana
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Jan 17, 2017

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