Blog: Fourth Anniversary of Obamacare

Statement

Sunday was the fourth anniversary of Obamacare becoming law. While the President promised this law would lower health care costs and strengthen our health care system, the reality is it increasing health insurance premiums, slowing economic recovery, hindering job growth, and has caused millions of Americans to lose their preferred health care coverage. I continue to believe that the best path forward is to totally replace this flawed law.

When more than 5 million individuals learned last year that Obamacare actually caused their health plan to be canceled, the President announced he would allow some people to keep their soon-to-be canceled plans. However, this one-year canceled plan delay set the stage for another round of cancelation notices sent to Americans in Fall 2014, around the time of midterm congressional elections. So, earlier this month the President unilaterally extended this delay again, until after the 2016 elections. Despite these political "fixes," millions of Americans will still be forced to buy an insurance plan mandated and approved by Obamacare, regardless of what they may want or prefer. The Administration's calculated delays and unilateral changes are designed to mask Obamacare's harmful effects and protect endangered political allies. These moves are not about serving Americans' best interests -- they are being done for political convenience. After four years, it is long past time to scrap Obamacare and pursue practical, common sense reforms that are workable and will actually reduce health care costs.

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