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John Cornyn: in a front page story yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that fewer than 50,000 people had successfully used…

On the recordNovember 13, 2013
in a front page story yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that fewer than 50,000 people had successfully used the Federal ObamaCare Web site to enroll in a private health plan--less than 50,000. Meanwhile, we know that millions of Americans are already getting a cancellation notice from their insurance company telling them that their current policy--even if they like it--will no longer be available. In other words, if you like what you have, it turns out you cannot keep it--as millions of people are finding. No less a luminary in the Democratic Party than President Clinton has said that ObamaCare should be reformed to let people maintain their current health insurance. And we will see some votes in the House of Representatives as soon as Friday on that proposition, helping the President keep his promise to the American people that if you like what you have, you can keep it, which currently has proven not to be the case. Just a month ago, Democrats of all stripes were declaring that Obama was the settled law of the land and condemning attempts on our side of the aisle to actually reform it. Now we are seeing more and more of our friends across the aisle contemplating serious changes aimed at fixing some of the law's myriad problems. Some, but not all, of the problems with ObamaCare have become painfully obvious--some, because I think most people probably think ObamaCare has already been implemented, when, in fact, it has only begun to be implemented.…
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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Nov 13, 2013

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