Moolenaar Votes to Repeal President's Unaffordable Health Care Law

Today, the House of Representatives voted to repeal President Obama's unaffordable health care law. The law was passed in 2010 and the American people have opposed it everyday since.

The repeal legislation also defunds Planned Parenthood and redirects the funding to federally qualified health centers, including the 13 in Michigan's Fourth District that serve more than 154,000 patients.

The repeal legislation previously passed the Senate and now goes to President Obama.

Representative John Moolenaar (R-Midland) spoke in favor of repeal on the House floor.

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Mr. Speaker,

Today, we will vote to repeal the president's health care law. It's a law that the American people have opposed from the very beginning when it was passed without bipartisan support.

The American people opposed it even when the president promised they could keep their coverage and their doctor, and they also opposed it when that promise was broken.

They opposed it when the law taxed their health insurance and the medical devices that help them live longer, healthier lives.

Today, the American people still oppose the president's health care law because it makes them pay higher premiums for policies with deductibles that are too expensive.

That is why today, six years after it was passed, we're voting to send a repeal of this law to the president's desk.

This repeal will save the government $500 billion dollars over the next ten years and empower people to make their own health care choices.

Thank you.