68.7: Obamacare
Repealing Obamacare. Other Information:
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Obamacare – was never really about healthcare, though its impact upon the
nation’s health is disastrous. From its start, it was about power, the expansion of government control over one sixth of our
economy, and resulted in an attack on our Constitution, by requiring that U.S. citizens purchase health insurance. We agree
with the four dissenting justices of the Supreme Court: “In our view the entire Act before us is invalid in its entirety.”
It was the high-water mark of an outdated liberalism, the latest attempt to impose upon Americans a euro-style bureaucracy
to manage all aspects of their lives. Obamacare has been struck down in the court of public opinion and is falling by the
weight of its own confusing, unworkable, budget-busting, and conflicting provisions. It would tremendously expand Medicaid
without significant reform, leaving the States to assume unsustainable financial burdens. If fully implemented, it could not
function; and Republican victories in the November elections will guarantee that it is never implemented. Congressional Republicans
are committed to its repeal; and a Republican President, on the first day in office, will use his legitimate waiver authority
under that law to halt its progress and then will sign its repeal. Then the American people, through the free market, can
advance affordable and responsible healthcare reform that meets the needs and concerns of patients and providers. Through
Obamacare, the current Administration has promoted the notion of abortion as healthcare. We, however, affirm the dignity of
women by protecting the sanctity of human life. Numerous studies have shown that abortion endangers the health and well-being
of women, and we stand firmly against it.
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