I go home every weekend to talk to people. I was home last weekend for Veterans Day and was in the Target store in Casper and ran into a small business owner of a small electric company he runs. He has about four people who work with him. He is somebody on whom I have operated. He is a former patient of mine. He told me he was one of those 4 million Americans who had gotten that letter that they had lost their insurance. He said: The President promised this would be easier to use than amazon.com. I can't get on. He said it would be cheaper than your cell phone bill. Well, that has not been the case. He said that the President said: If you like what you have, you can keep it. Clearly, that is not the case. He said: What is wrong? What is wrong with this? How can we fix it? I got another letter from a rancher that I need to read. She is from New Castle, WY. She says: We are ranchers who buy our own health insurance. Currently, we pay $650 a month for an 80/20 policy with a $3,500 deductible. Our maximum family out-of-pocket is $10,000 a year. We do not carry maternity insurance because we have completed our family. I am 45 years old. I have had a hysterectomy. I recently called my insurance agent out of fear our policy could be canceled. Well, he said it would be canceled at the renewal time. She said that he told her that their policy did not meet ObamaCare's requirement because of maternity coverage and they would have to choose a policy from the exchanges.…
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