Coffman: Government Takeover Not The Answer

Statement

Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) released the following statement tonight after the House voted on the Senate Amendments to H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the accompanying reconciliation act, H.R. 4872:

"Our health care system is in desperate need of reform but this massive government takeover is not the answer. I cannot support a bill that burdens families and small businesses with half a trillion dollars in new job-killing taxes, strips half a trillion dollars from Medicare to fund a new entitlement program, drives up the deficit, and buries our nation in debt. The assumptions given to the Congressional Budget Office by Democrats are completely unrealistic and disingenuous - the real cost is more than $2.6 trillion dollars. Our nation simply cannot afford this bill and there are better, common sense solutions that Americans support."

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