Rep. Ryan Zinke Co-Sponsors Legislation to Repeal ObamaCare, Replace with Patient-Centered Reforms

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Today, Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-MT) co-sponsored and voted for H.R. 596 to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) and replace it with patient-centered, free market reforms.

"Today I honored two promises I made to the people of Montana: to repeal ObamaCare and also replace it with patient-centered reforms that truly lower costs and expand access to quality health care for Montanans," said Zinke. "Thousands of Montanans have seen their plans cancelled, their coverage weakened, their costs go up, or their doctors dropped. This is no way to care for one another. I support reforms that allow folks to keep their doctors and seek affordable coverage that they want and need, not what the government thinks they need.

Zinke continued: "We need solutions that address the root cause of health care cost increases, like tort reform and incentivizing healthy habits. And we need to ensure folks with preexisting conditions are able to purchase affordable coverage. I look forward to working together and helping my colleagues craft a better solution for Montanans that puts the patient first and doesn't crush our economy."

A recent Rasmussen Reports poll found the majority of Americans oppose ObamaCare (51--43) with only 33 percent of Americans believing the health care system is "good or excellent".

H.R. 596 calls for the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, and Ways and Means to work together to present Congress with a proposal that achieves the following points:

Foster economic growth

Lower health care premiums

Preserve the patient's ability to keep their plan

Provide people with pre-existing conditions access to affordable coverage

Reform medical liability system

Increase the number of insured Americans

Protect the doctor patient relationship, provides states flexibility, expands incentives

Prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions, eliminates duplicative programs

Does not accelerate the insolvency of entitlement programs or increase the tax burden on Americans.

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