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On the recordNovember 14, 2013
the news out of South Dakota is like it is everywhere else--it is all bad. It is cancellation notices and sticker shock that families, individuals, and small businesses are experiencing. This is a letter from a couple I received from my State. It says: We got the letter. We just received a cancellation letter from our health care provider . . . I am a self employed plumber . . . We have had the same kind of health insurance for years . . . It works for us, we are happy with it. When our current plan expires in 2014 it will no longer be available. We will have to get a new plan. We will be forced to lower our deductible, carry insurance for pregnancy, pediatric eye and dental care, etc. My wife is 50 years old, I'm almost there. WE DON'T NEED COVERAGE FOR PREGNANCY OR PEDIATRIC CARE! We were told that our new policy will most likely cost us over 100% more than what we pay now. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. We will be without insurance and I guess we'll have to pay the Obama tax and take our chances. Obama said we could keep our plan . . . PERIOD! This is another example from my State of cancellations and sticker shock, and that is the experience Americans are having today with ObamaCare. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Tennessee.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota
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Nov 14, 2013

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