Washington, D.C. ,
Mar 23 -
As we mark the two-year anniversary of President Obama’s health care legislation being signed into law, we are reminded of the promises that were made about the law – that it would make health care affordable, that it would increase access to care, that it would create jobs, and that it would lower costs.
Rather than achieving this, we've seen over the past two years how the health care law threatens access to care, is hurting small businesses, inhibiting job creation, and is imposing burdensome new taxes.
The Congressional Budget Office stated that the law’s new benefit mandates could force premiums to rise in the individual market by $2,100 per family. The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) threatens access to care for senior citizens. The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the health care law next week.
As I said then, American families should be able to decide for themselves what kind of health care coverage they need, without a bureaucrat in Washington coming between them and their doctors.
Now more than ever it is clear that we need to repeal the components of this law piece by piece. Here is a history of my work on this issue:
On the two year anniversary of the health care law, share with us - do you think the health care law should be repealed?
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