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In fact, the President has unilaterally delayed parts of the law at least 23 times since July 2013.  House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton from Michigan said, "If unilateral delays were an Olympic sport, the White House would sweep the gold, silver, and bronze."
• The Obama administration is making up the rules as they go on this law, creating even more confusion and uncertainty.  It's clearly flawed and I've heard from hundreds of South Dakota families who are feeling the financial impact of those flaws today.  I've worked hard to give individual South Dakotans the same relief the administration has given to corporations, but I've also kept my eye on the ball.
• We must repeal the legislation.  Of course, we can't stop there.  Our health care system is broken.  Costs are increasing and it's terrifying to think that a family's financial security could be jeopardized because of a freak injury or a serious illness. 

But there are better approaches than the Affordable Care Act.
• Late last year, I put my support behind the American Health Care Reform Act.  This proposal targets the primary drivers of rising health care costs, rather than just forwarding the costs to another payer.   It does this by allowing families and individuals to deduct health care costs, just like companies are already allowed to do.  It reforms medical malprac

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