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On the recordJanuary 5, 2017
Mr. President, I am going to talk about the resolution we are moving to that will allow us to repeal and begin the replacement for the President's health care plan. A little over 3 years ago, President Obama hailed the start of the ObamaCare exchanges as a life-changing opportunity for Americans. For most Americans, it was life-changing, but it didn't turn out to be an opportunity. It was a life-changing experience because in many cases the insurance they had was no longer affordable, what they thought met their family's needs was no longer available, and the cost continues to go up. When President Obama pushed the health care law through Congress without a single Republican vote, he repeatedly assured Americans that they would be able to keep the plans they had, that they would be able to keep the doctors they had, and that every family would have a significant reduction in their health care costs. He continued to make every one of those commitments until the plan actually was put in place and it was obvious those commitments were not going to be what happened. By the end of 2013, at least 4.7 million Americans had their plans canceled because they didn't meet the law's mandatory requirements. Remember, these were plans that 4.7 million people thought met their individual needs, and they could afford those plans. That is why they bought them. They might not have been perfect.…
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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