Issue Position: Health Reform
Issue Position
During the past several years, our nation has been engaged in a spirited and much-needed debate about health care.
During this time, I argued for real healthcare reform that gives all Americans access to quality and affordable care. Unfortunately, a massive Democrat approved government takeover of health care was pushed through Congress. A government takeover of our health care system as has occurred is not the answer, and this law must be repealed and replaced with true and meaningful reform.
The Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare. The law may be constitutional, however, it was bad law yesterday, and it is bad law today. That's why I opposed it at the beginning and supported the Republican alternative. Since 2009, I have voted more than 50 times to defund, dismantle, and repeal this wrong-headed policy. And as Chairman of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, I said "NO" to giving the Internal Revenue Service $480 million in Fiscal Year 2014funds to implement ObamaCare. The agency revealed to have targeted American groups based on political belief does not deserve more funding.
ObamaCare has failed to keep the Administration's basic promises to the American people. They said it would lower your health care premiums, and it didn't. They said if you like your health care plan, you can keep it, but you can't. And they said it would save money, and it hasn't.
ObamaCare breaks the bank, raises your taxes, increases premiums, opens the door to a government takeover of our personal and private health care choices and cuts Medicare programs without doing anything to contain costs.
The new government mandates in ObamaCare threaten jobs, reduce wages and stunt economic growth. Plain and simple, ObamaCare is a job killer.
I support a common sense, fiscally-responsible health reform proposal. This approach lowers premiums for working families and small businesses, fights fraud, and will lead to expanded access to affordable health care coverage for all Americans - all without raising taxes, cutting benefits to seniors, or spending money we don't have.
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