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Thune: ACA Falling Apart

Thune: ACA Falling Apart

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South Dakota Senator John Thune has been sharply critical of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. He was on the Senate floor yesterday, saying the plan is coming apart…

 

Thune says millions of people face huge rate increases in the next year…

 

Thune says rates for some plans in South Dakota could increase as much as forty four percent.

He says the plan has been in place long enough…

 

Several republican backed alternative plans have been introduced. All sides are waiting on a Supreme Court decision on the federal subsidies for insurance plans bought through the exchanges.

 

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