Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015

Floor Speech

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Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3762, the
Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act.
Too many Americans across the country are victims of ObamaCare's many
broken promises. We all remember the chaos that ensued when the law was
first rolled out, a billion-dollar Web site that didn't work, millions
of Americans losing their insurance and being forced to find a new plan
often at a higher cost.

Now hundreds of thousands of Americans, including at least 51,000
Kentuckians, are once again losing their health insurance because of
the failure of ObamaCare healthcare cooperatives.

In his State of the Union Address, President Obama cited Kentucky as
an example of ObamaCare working in a red State. But as we learned last
week, ObamaCare does not work in Kentucky.

In the past 2 weeks, ObamaCare co-ops have failed in my home State of
Kentucky, Tennessee, Colorado, Oregon, and South Carolina. Co-ops have
failed in Nevada, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, and Louisiana.

These failures were entirely predictable because the model was not
sustainable. The Kentucky co-op lost nearly 60 cents for every premium
dollar it collected. Now hardworking taxpayers will be stuck with the
bill for hundreds of millions of dollars that will never be paid back.

Combined with low enrollment numbers, the result of these failures
will ultimately be borne by the American people, more consolidation in
the healthcare market, fewer choices for consumers, and higher
healthcare costs for the American people. This is not the reform we
were promised.

The bill we are debating today would repeal the most harmful mandates
and taxes imposed by the law. It reduces the deficit by $130 billion,
and it gives us an opportunity to put a bill on the President's desk
that would make life easier for the American people.
I encourage all my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill.

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