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On the recordMarch 14, 2013
During the 2008 campaign and run-up to passage of The Affordable Care Act in March of 2010, President Obama repeatedly promised the American people that their healthcare premiums would go down by an average of $2,500 before the end of his first term in office.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts criticizes Obama for failing to reduce healthcare premiums as promised.

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