Obamacare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, is a federal statute signed into law by President Obama in 2010 and is the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid.
June 30th, 2017
This is what defeat looks like. Exhausted, bleeding, and encrusted in the gore of the battlefield, the soldiers have fought a good fight, but all hope has left them. Enemies surround them and now press in for the kill. It’s...
June 26th, 2017
Indivisible Denton’s “Lake Dallas Rally/Demonstration for Healthcare” targeting Congressman Burgess shows who they are.
June 22nd, 2017
I released the following statement after Senate Republicans released a discussion draft of legislation to replace the failed Affordable Care Act (ACA):
June 12th, 2017
This week, the House will vote on H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act, which is part of the third “bucket” of Obamacare repeal and replacement. This bill, modeled on successful California litigation reforms, would...
June 2nd, 2017
On Thursday, I joined local Texas radio hosts to discuss tax reform, and my efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare and lower health care premiums. I also praised the reports that President Trump was expected to withdraw the...
May 9th, 2017
Last week, the House passed its repeal and replacement of Obamacare, the American Health Care Act (AHCA). While this is not the perfect bill, nor the bill I would have written, it gets the ball rolling to bring health...
April 6th, 2017
For eight years, I have joined my colleagues in the fight to repeal and replace the train wreck that is Obamacare. This was the call heard around the nation for years, particularly leading up to President Trump's historic...
March 27th, 2017
I was disappointed the House did not vote to repeal and replace Obamacare Friday afternoon. While I wasn’t happy with some aspects of this bill, I believed it was the best option we had for actually repealing Obamacare.
March 24th, 2017
The Affordable Care Act – also known as Obamacare – has been one failed promise after another. The fact is, this law has hurt far more Americans than it has helped.
March 8th, 2017
This morning I delivered the following opening statement at a Full Committee markup of Budget Reconciliation Recommendations to Repeal and Replace Obamacare.
June 27th, 2017
Republicans are trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s mandate forcing nearly all Americans to pay a tax if they don’t have health insurance. But they’ve just proposed a new penalty of their own for people who go without...
June 23rd, 2017
I released the following statement regarding the Better Care Reconciliation Act, introduced yesterday by the U.S. Senate:
June 21st, 2017
Tuesday on the Senate floor, I urged my Democrat colleagues to not shut down the Senate as Republicans continue to work to rescue Americans from the harm being caused by Obamacare. Excerpts of my remarks are below, and video...
June 6th, 2017
Today on the Senate floor, I discussed Obamacare’s harmful impact as carriers in the state of Texas are pulling out of the exchanges, leaving some areas with only a few options from which to choose.
May 11th, 2017
The U.S. House of Representatives took an historic first step in repealing Obamacare last week. This comes after seven years and over 200 committee hearings outlining the growing problems and impending collapse of Obamacare...
May 8th, 2017
The Democrats and their allies in the media want you to believe two conflicting “certainties” about the recently passed House Republican health-care bill. First, they want you to think that this bill doesn’t amount to...
March 31st, 2017
Republicans now have a Republican House and a Republican Senate and a Republican president who is ready to sign their legislation. It is blatantly obvious to all Americans that the Republican House is in chaotic disarray, it...
March 24th, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan sensationally pulled his Obamacare repeal bill from the floor Friday, a day after President Donald Trump had threatened to walk away from health care reform if he didn't get a vote.
March 14th, 2017
Today in a press conference, I addressed the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) recent score of the American Health Care Act which estimated the bill will lower premiums by 10% after ten years, reduce the deficit...
March 8th, 2017
Today on the Senate floor, I discussed the American Health Care Act. Excerpts of my remarks are below, and video of my remarks can be found here.