Hensarling Visits Kaufman to Discuss Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare & Need for Full Repeal

07-03-2012

U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling, a leading fiscal conservative and Chairman of the House Republican Conference, was in Kaufman County today to talk with constituents about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on President Obama’s health care law and the need to fully repeal it and focus on patient-centered reforms that make health care more affordable for the American people.

“While I respect the ruling of the Supreme Court, I respectfully disagree with it. Just because a law is found constitutional does not mean it is wise. Our $16 trillion deficit is constitutional, but it is not wise,” Hensarling told the crowd of constituents gathered at Maples Hall in Kaufman.

“I still believe the president’s health care law fundamentally hurts our economy and hurts jobs. Every day I hear from small business owners, like those of you here today, who tell me this law will prevent them from expanding their business and hiring more workers. One said he will never hire more than 50 employees and another said he has already spent $350,000 in compliance costs and had to lay off six workers.”

Hensarling explained the impact the law will have on health care. “The president’s health care law will increase health care costs, cut more than $500 billion from Medicare, force people who like their current private insurance into exchanges, and threaten the quality of care. Granting the federal government power over private medical decisions will have dangerous ramifications.

Americans want to be able to choose their own doctor and doctors should be empowered to treat their patients in a manner they see fit; not in the way an unelected, unaccountable board of government bureaucrats tells them to.

House Republicans have already voted 30 times to repeal, defund, or dismantle parts of the law. I will again join my colleagues in voting for a full repeal when I return to Washington next week. After Obamacare is eliminated, we must continue to listen to the American people and improve health care in a way that does not allow the government to undermine the patient-doctor relationship, harm job creation or our economy, or hasten our bankruptcy.

We must work together to ensure that every American has the opportunity for patient-centered health care that is affordable, portable, of high quality so that no debilitating illness will be able to wipe out a lifetime of savings.

This means enacting common-sense measures, in a thoughtful, step-by-step manner, without repeating the mistakes of the past. I will never stop working to enact these reforms that will make health care more affordable for the American people,” Hensarling concluded.