Flores: Reconciliation Vote a Promise Kept&" for Hardworking Americans

. . . this is first opportunity for President Obama to correct his course put politics aside and sign this bill into law. . .

Todays vote is a promise kept for the hardworking American families that are paying the price for Obamacares rising costs and many failures. By sending an Obamacare repeal bill to the presidents desk for the first time we are fulfilling our commitment to voters to alleviate the heavy burden this law places on individuals families and small businesses. After half a decade of this failed policy this is first opportunity for President Obama to correct his course put politics aside and sign this bill into law. The president promised to lower health care costs but Americans have seen their out-of-pocket costs rise dramatically at the expense of employees and individuals. He promised If you like your plan you can keep your plan but millions saw their plans cancelled altogether. He promised to improve access to care but prohibitively high costs mean that for many paying the individual mandate fine is still more affordable than buying health insurance. Americans deserve better which is why conservatives have continued to fight for true patient-centered health care reform. Repealing Obamacare is only the first step. The Republican Study Committee will continue working toward competitive health care reform that levels the playing field puts individuals and families back in the drivers seat lowers costs and improves access to care." 

• Last year the Republican Study Committee introduced the American Health Care Reform Act a conservative health care reform plan that fully repeals Obamacare and provides a patient-centered health care reform alternative.
• On November 12^th Chairman Flores called on the Senate to expand the reach of the House-passed reconciliation bill. I urge the Senate to expand the scope of this partial Obamacare repeal package to cover as much of the law as is consistent with the Byrd Rule" Chairman Flores said in a statement.
• In April 2015 Chairman Flores joined Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) chairman of the Senate Steering Committee in a statement calling for the Senates reconciliation tool to be used to repeal Obamacare. We urge the budget conferees to consider the concerns of the American people who want to see this unpopular and detrimental law repealed once and for all" the statement said.
• Earlier this year the Republican Study Committees 2015 Blueprint for a Balanced Budget recommended Congress use the reconciliation tool to fully repeal Obamacare and implement conservative patient-centered health care reform instead. The RSC was also influential in securing an early Obamacare repeal vote in 2015 to signal conservatives commitment on health care reform.