Rokita: The Obamacare Train Wreck Must be Repealed

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U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement after participating in a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, and Pension, and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections titled "The Employer Mandate: Examining the Delay and Its Effect on Workplaces." The hearing focused on the impact of the employer mandate on businesses and families, as well as potential free-mark alternatives to Obamacare. Rokita's questions focused on free-market principles, and preexisting conditions.

"Obamacare is an economic train wreck and it must be repealed. While the House has acted to delay both the business and the individual mandate, I ask the White House and the Senate to do more and repeal Obamacare in full. With expert testimony today reinforcing the need for full repeal, there is little excuse to let the train wreck occur. Only free market ideas will drive down costs and improve health care outcomes for all and I will continue working to implement truly free market solutions to solve these problems," said Rokita.

Witnesses testified that if government can get out of the way, provide certainty, individuals and employers can find better solutions than a "Washington knows best" health care plan.

As more and more bad news regarding the harmful economic and healthcare consequences of the Obamacare train wreck comes to light, Rokita continues to propose and support reforms that actually reduce the cost and improve healthcare and reduce our debts.

Last week, Rokita voted in support of two pieces of legislation, the Fairness for American Families Act, and the Authority for Mandate Delay Act, to delay the individual and employer health insurance requirement mandate passed into law as part of Obamacare. Both bills passed the House.

Earlier this year, Rokita introduced the State Health Flexibility Act, which would return control of Medicaid back to the states as originally intended through block grants. Elements of the State Health Flexibility Act were included as part of the House FY14 Budget.

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