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Crapo Renews Obamacare Fight

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., left, talks with Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, right, as Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, during a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, a long-time critic of the President’s health care law, has joined a coalition of senators led by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to introduce legislation to fully repeal Obamacare, officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and released the following statement: “Millions of Americans, including thousands of Idahoans, have been pushed from their health insurance plans and preferred doctors by this Administration’s signature piece of legislation, despite the President’s repeated pledge to the contrary,” said Crapo.  “Americans have seen their taxes increase and felt the pinch of the rising out-of-pocket expenses as a result of Obamacare.  Each day seems to bring another piece of bad news regarding the expenses on Obamacare.  The law has proven itself unworkable, doubling-down on policies that fail to address the root cause of the soaring costs of health care and inefficiencies in the system"/Lindsay Nothern, Mike Crapo's office. More here.

Question: I wonder if the 70,000 Idahoans who have signed up for Obamacare agree with Crapo's decision to attempt to totally repeal it?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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