Thirty-nine Democrats sided with the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, in a vote on Friday to allow Americans to keep the health insurance plans they wanted after being cancelled from those plans due Obamacare. H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013 passed in the House at 261 to 157.
The vast majority of Americans oppose Obamacare otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act.
While members on both sides clamor for excuses, wring their hands, or point fingers, after the vote, Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon called for real solutions. The vast majority of Americans oppose Obamacare otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act.
“Congress acted within its authority to try and protect the American people from the harmful effects of Obamacare. Millions of Americans, including many Arizonans, have received notices of cancellation from their healthcare insurance companies who are acting to comply with Obamacare mandates. As a result, these families and businesses have lost their healthcare,” said Salmon in a statement released just after the vote. “President Obama promised the American people that they could keep their health insurance if they wanted to and the House is acting to ensure that promise.”
“Though the President apologized again and again for his fumble, it does not change the fact that Arizonan families and businesses are being hurt by Obamacare—from the unworkable website to skyrocketing premiums,” continued Salmon. “While our bill today repeals parts of Obamacare and ensures more choices for Americans, the ultimate solution is still a full repeal of Obamacare.”
“Enough with the administrative fixes and sidestepping of Congress, this train wreck has already left the station and we must replace this big, bad, unworkable law with a free-market system,” concluded Salmon. “There is a better way to healthcare reform that doesn’t include burdensome mandates, broken promises, IRS oversight, and more uninsured Americans.”