NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 26 -- The office of Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement about a Kaiser Family Foundation study that finds premiums for families have risen by $672 in the past year, and by $2,370 since 2009: "What American family can afford this kind of reform? Congress needs to repeal this law and move step-by-step to enact common-sense reforms that lower health care costs."

Alexander was asked by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and then-House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) to represent Republicans at a summit at the White House in Feb. 2010 to discuss the president's proposed health-care law. He warned President Obama that premiums for millions of Americans with individual insurance would rise under the president's proposal. Click HERE(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ad-fqqjFhI&feature=plcp&context=C4b4d284VDvjVQa1PpcFM_jKBdNnPJJCTzt3octe0liwmWjBKIM9o%3D) for video of Alexander's exchange with the president.

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