Issue Position: Fixing Health Care

Issue Position

I believe the American people deserve a better health care solution than Obamacare. Congress needs to fully repeal it and move forward with a deliberate, thoughtful, patient-centered approach that reduces the cost of health care across the board. That is why I have voted over 50 times to repeal, dismantle, or defund the health care law's most harmful provisions. I remain fully committed to stopping this deeply flawed health care law, which has destroyed jobs, caused millions to lose their health insurance and inflicted unnecessary mandates on the American people.

Most recently, I voted to defund Obamacare through the budget reconciliation process. The Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, H.R. 3762, passed the House with my support by a vote of 240 to 181 on January 7, 2016. The Senate passed its version of the bill on December 3, 2015 and President Obama vetoed the bill on January 8, 2016. This legislation would repeal the five core parts of Obamacare -- the individual mandate, the employer mandate, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), the medical device tax, and the Cadillac tax.

Please know I have great concerns about the current health care system. I believe all Americans deserve access to timely and quality health care, but we must focus on common-sense reforms that are patient-centered and which make it more affordable across the board.

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