SENATOR JOHN McCAIN CALLS ON DEMOCRATS TO WAKE UP TO THE FAILURE OF OBAMACARE
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"The people of my state are hurting. We have 15 counties, 14 of them - there's only one provider. Just for a period of time, we had a county with no provider.... Is what is happening in my state, is that 'if you like your policy, you can keep your policy,' 'If you like your doctor you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.'?... Let's throw it [Obamacare] where it belongs, in the trash can. Let's start all over and give people an affordable health care system that they can live with and will not be the situation as exists in my home state of
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"There are times when one takes no pleasure in saying, 'I told you so.' Or, pride in one's prescience. Such is the case with Obamacare.
"Over seven years ago, when the President and Congressional Democrats traversed the country touting the benefits of what would become the so-called 'Affordable Care Act,' my Republican colleagues and I were quick to highlight that their proposals, however well-intentioned they might have been, would result in making things worse. It doesn't take a policy expert or a Ph.D. to recognize that injecting unprecedented levels of government control into what amounts to nearly one-fifth of the nation's economy would have devastating consequences.
"Regardless of those warnings and a relentless effort by
"Let me be clear. A choice between a single insurance plan or being financially penalized by the federal government for not buying a plan, is not a true choice. And, it is certainly not the choice and competition that the president sold to the citizens of my state.
"Unfortunately for the citizens of my state, our warnings are being realized now--in real time.
"Over the last two years, here's what 'keeping your doctor' and 'keeping your health care plan' has looked like in
"Not long after
"Altogether, Arizonans have seen over 210,000 cancellation notices mailed out in less than one year's time. Those notices should have been sent to the
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"With this mind, I guess it should come as no surprise that the President had to assemble the CEOs of the major health insurance companies at the
"While many insurers have been forced to exit the marketplace altogether, for the insurers who continue to participate in the exchanges, their only option is to raise premium rates astronomically high in order to cover their losses.
"Last year, Arizonans saw the key benchmark plan premium increase to more than double the national average, and unfortunately there is no end in sight. This year, individuals in 13 of
"As a result, I'm hearing daily from Arizonans throughout the state who are choosing to pay the Obamacare penalty because the cost of health insurance has gotten so out of hand. And what truly breaks my heart, is that Arizonans are now asking the question, 'why enroll in Obamacare if you can't afford it or worse still, can't get access to care?' This is what 'health care' means for millions of Americans in the world of Obamacare, despite the fact that this is a far cry from what
"The collapse of Obamacare in
"I ask that the written testimony of
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