Madam President, last year when I decided to run for Montana's open Senate seat, I promised the people of Montana I would work tirelessly to repeal ObamaCare. I am upholding that promise. Tomorrow the Senate will vote to repeal President Obama's broken health care law because for many Montana families the President's health care law hasn't been what it was promised to be. Too many Montanans have seen their work hours cut, have been forced off the plans they liked, and were told they couldn't see the doctors they trusted. Health care premiums are not as affordable for Americans as President Obama claimed they would be. We are seeing premiums rising once again. In Montana, folks who are purchasing plans from the ObamaCare exchanges are getting hit with double-digit rate increases. More than 40,000 Montanans are expected to receive notices that their insurance rates have increased by double digits--an average of 34 percent for some plans. To put that into perspective, that is another $1,000 a year for a 40-year-old on one of Montana's silver plans. Some Montanans have been hit with even higher rate increases. Take Cindy from Missoula, MT, who received a letter from her health insurance company that her premiums were increasing by 40 percent. Unfortunately, these rate hikes are the predictable result of forcing a partisan piece of legislation through Congress without transparent consideration or bipartisan input.…
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