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On the recordJanuary 11, 2017
today is the day when we will begin to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Repealing and replacing this disastrous law is one of the top jobs that citizens elected us to get done. In many ways, it is why Donald J. Trump will be sworn in next week as the 45th President of the United States. I think what is most helpful is to recap why repealing ObamaCare is so important to so many American families. Montanans were promised that with this bill you could keep the health plans that you liked. That was wrong and millions of Americans lost their plans. Montanans were assured that coverage under ObamaCare would be affordable. For millions of Americans, for thousands of Montanans, nothing could be further from the truth. Montanans were guaranteed that ObamaCare would lower health care costs. We witnessed premiums skyrocket since ObamaCare's implementation. Finally, Montanans were assured that ObamaCare would create more competition in the marketplace, but now Americans in one-third--one- third--of the counties across our entire country have but one plan to choose from. Let's not forget, supporters of ObamaCare paid for these failed programs by raiding Medicare of over $700 billion. Seniors and people with disabilities in Montana and across our country deserve much better. Over the past several years, I have heard from countless Montanans about how ObamaCare has failed them.…
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Steve Daines
Republican · Montana

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