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Michael Burgess: “One of the principal failures of the Affordable Care Act was when we allowed Speaker Boehner, Leader Reid, President…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
One of the principal failures of the Affordable Care Act was when we allowed Speaker Boehner, Leader Reid, President Obama, to remove Members of Congress from being forced to go into the exchanges.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess criticizes the removal of Congress members from ACA exchanges as a significant failure.

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