in North Dakota we have a lot of farmers and we have a lot of ranchers. They are small businesspeople. They run small businesses. They are being hit very hard by ObamaCare like other small businesses across this country. A rancher from Rhame contacted us. His name is Wayne. He ranches there. Rhame is an area where we have a lot of cowboys, a tremendous rodeo. They compete nationally. They have great livestock herds there. He writes and he says: I'm not one to get too upset about things, but this deal really has me mad. We got a letter a few weeks ago that said they were dropping our policy. I paid my own insurance for years and years. When I got that letter, it just hit me-- because somebody in Washington decided I was too stupid to figure out if my policy was right for me or not. I don't pay a lot of attention to politics, but usually what gets decided in Washington doesn't slap you in the face like this law has with me. I have gone on HealthCare.gov and used the estimators they direct you to. I could be going from a $2,500 deductible to something between $10,000 and $12,000, the way it looks to me. This is going to cost me a lot more for something I don't even want. If I could, I would like to read another short story from a couple in Grand Folks who got ahold of us on the marriage penalty that ObamaCare creates.…
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