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Posted: 2017-03-14T14:50:42Z | Updated: 2017-03-14T19:56:00Z

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) found fault with House Republicans Obamacare replacement law on Monday after a report by the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation concluded that it would cause 24 million people to lose their insurance.

We need to do better, Daines said in a statement to The Missoulian about the CBO report. I want to see costs and premiums go down to make health care more affordable for Montana families.

Daines biggest worry about the non-partisan CBO analysis of the replacement law, known as the American Health Care Act, is that it did not show insurance premiums going down, the Montana senator told The Huffington Post.

I was concerned about the fact that the premiums are not going down, Daines said. If premiums go down, well improve accessibility and improve coverage.

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