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On the recordJanuary 13, 2017
I thank the gentlewoman from Tennessee for bringing this budget resolution to the floor. Mr. Chairman, ObamaCare has failed the American people. And if you go back to the beginning, it was created with a series of lies to the American people. We all remember: if you like what you have, you can keep it. How has that worked out for millions of Americans who lost the plans that they liked and now cannot keep that plan? What about the promise, Mr. Chairman, that premiums would go down by $2,500? President Obama made that claim. And today, in States all across the Nation, you are seeing premiums go up, on average, 25 percent, and that is on top of double-digit increases every single year ObamaCare has been in effect. This law is not working. It is failing families. It is costing jobs across our economy. It is time to repeal this law and actually replace it with reforms that put patients back in charge of their medical decisions with their doctors. What a great concept that would be. It is about time we focus on lowering the cost of health care and giving people real choices. In so many markets across the country--and it is a growing number--families have only one choice for health care now because ObamaCare has forced so many people out of the marketplace, which means you as a family don't have any choices, because one choice means it is a monopoly. And you wonder why the costs are skyrocketing. Mr. Chairman, this should not be about preserving somebody's legacy.…
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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