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On the recordJune 5, 2014
I come to the floor today with huge concerns about the Obama health care law. I do it as a physician, as a doctor, who has taken care of families all around the State of Wyoming for a couple of decades; as a past president of our State medical society; as someone committed to preventive care, coordinated care; as the medical director of the Wyoming health fairs to give people low- cost screenings for health care around the State Those continue today. There is one in the small community of Afton, WY, this very Saturday--2 days from today. So the effort continues to actually make sure people can get prevention, early recognition of problems, and actual care. The President's health care law hasn't done that. The President keeps focusing on the word ``coverage'' instead of what people wanted, which was care. It is interesting today, because in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, front page, today's newspaper, headline: Health-care law plagued by inconsistencies. At least 2 million people, the headline says, enrolled in insurance have problems with data that could affect their coverage. This is an Associated Press article on the front page of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. A huge paperwork headache for the government could also be jeopardizing coverage for some of the people who just got health insurance under the President's health care law. The President went on television 4 days before the kickoff of the exchanges and said this is going to be easier to use than amazon.com.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Jun 5, 2014

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