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SD Senator Mike Rounds; ACA Repeal Efforts Not Over

SD Senator Mike Rounds; ACA Repeal Efforts Not Over

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Senate republicans have given up on their latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and will not take a vote on the Cassidy-Graham proposal.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says it is not over………

Rounds says they expect insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act to continue to rise……

Rounds says he has been working with a bi-partisan group of Senators to find some middle ground on at least stabilizing the insurance markets….

Rounds says so far, those efforts have also been unsuccessful.

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