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On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
Mr. President, I come to the floor today, as Republicans have come to the floor week after week ever since the President's health care law was passed. I have many concerns about the way this health care law is impacting families in my home State of Wyoming as well as families all across the country. In one State after another, people are feeling the devastating side effects of the health care law. President Obama says Democrats who voted for the health care law should, as he said, ``forcefully defend and be proud of the law.'' I heard earlier today the Kaiser Family Foundation's report being quoted. What they said is that premiums have gone up, on average, $3,500 from 2009 for family workplace coverage, plus the deductibles are higher. So premiums are up $3,500 since 2009 for family workplace coverage, and the deductibles are higher--higher money paid out-of- pocket. The President of the United States said they would go down by $2,500 per family. Nancy Pelosi said they would go down for everyone. She was the Speaker of the House. She was the one who said: First you have to pass it before you get to find out what is in it. Americans have found out what is in it, and they don't like it. People do not like what they see with the President's health care law. It continues to be very unpopular.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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