Newsletter: Protecting and Preserving Medicare

Statement

While Republicans in Congress have attempted to find practical solutions to this growing crisis, President Obama's "solution" is to put more Washington bureaucrats in charge and cut billions out of Medicare. One example of this "solution" was the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in ObamaCare (PPACA). IPAB is a board of 15 unelected bureaucrats who would have sole authority to cut Medicare and determine what treatments seniors can receive. It is unconscionable that this group of unaccountable appointees could ration not only Medicare, but all health care, and the American people will have no recourse.

With my support, this week the Energy and Commerce Committee overwhelmingly repealed IPAB. The repeal should send a clear message to President Obama and his Administration that personal health care decisions should be made by you and your doctor, and no one else. Our health care system needs reform, but ObamaCare is not the answer. We can do better than a job-killing government takeover. When it comes to health care, we need choices--not unconstitutional mandates. We need commonsense policies that improve access to care without busting the budget.

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