While Republicans did not create this mess we are ready we are willing and we are able to do our best to protect the American people from any more harm caused by the Presidents flawed law.
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. In remarks on the Senate floor today U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke about the disastrous effects of Obamacare and the
King v. Burwell case before the Supreme Court.
Excerpts of Sen. Cornyns remarks are below and video of his speech can be found
here.
The President claimed his law would help everyone - miraculously decreasing costs increasing access reducing the deficit - when in fact time after time after time the opposite has been shown to be the case."
What weve seen instead is great damage to the health care system in this country leaving many Americans with their health care disrupted their work hours cut and higher costs for their health coverage."
If the court rules for King the plaintiff in the lawsuit millions more Americans could find their health care coverage temporarily disrupted just one more painful consequence of this reckless legislation."
I continue to believe … that the American people would be well-served to see this entire law scrapped in favor of real patient-centered reforms that lower costs and increase access to care."
But Im here to say that while Republicans did not create this mess we are ready we are willing and we are able to do our best to protect the American people from any more harm caused by the Presidents flawed law. And thats why weve been working hard for the last several months to provide the American people with a much-needed offramp from Obamacare should the court rule against the Administration once again.
We are prepared to help the more than six million Americans including nearly a million people in my home state of Texas whose costs would suddenly skyrocket as yet another consequence of this disastrous legislation."
But in doing so we will empower the states to opt out of Obamacare allowing them the flexibility to more effectively lower costs and increase choices."
We will promote market-based options without the threat of harmful onerous expensive mandates. Repealing these mandates will help the American people finally get the coverage they need at a price they can afford."
Republicans stand ready to protect the American people from this failed law while providing a path forward for better health care for our country."
