Senator Lamar Alexander Delivers The Weekly Republican Address On Obamacare
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Senator Lamar Alexander Delivers the Weekly Republican Address on Obamacare
'What does 'very near collapse' mean in the real world" It means that this November, when Tennesseans are signing up for 2017 Obamacare plans, there will be fewer plans to choose from - and they'll be much more expensive. That picture will be the same for many Americans across the country.'
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"I'm Senator
"The story wasn't about a bridge or a foreign dictatorship - 'very near collapse' was our state insurance commissioner's description of the Obamacare exchange in
"What does 'very near collapse' mean in the real world" It means that this November, when Tennesseans are signing up for 2017 Obamacare plans, there will be fewer plans to choose from - and they'll be much more expensive. That picture will be the same for many Americans across the country.
"Next year Tennesseans will be paying an intolerable increase - on average, between 44 and 62 percent more for their Obamacare plans than they paid last year. Even for a healthy 40-year-old, non-smoking Tennessean with the lowest price silver plan on
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"According to the consulting firm
"And Politico reports that one Arizona county is 'poised to become an Obamacare ghost town' because no insurer can afford to sell health plans on the region's Obamacare exchange. That leaves 9,700 people in
"Before Obamacare ever became law,
"As Tennessee's governor said last week, 'The federal government needs to come in and address the situation. They created the [problem],' the governor said. 'And so they're going to have to address that.' In other words, the next
"Americans have a choice this election. You know exactly what
"We want to help Americans struggling with the cost of health insurance immediately. We'd do that by giving states more flexibility to give individuals and their families options to purchase lower cost private health insurance plans outside of Obamacare.
"The problem of solving Obamacare takes more than a five minute radio address - but helping Americans struggling to buy private health insurance is something we ought to do immediately. In order to avoid a near collapse of our nation's health insurance market, we need a
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