Today, Rep. John R. Carter (R-TX-31) voted to repeal Obamacare, defund Planned Parenthood, invest in women’s healthcare and reduce our deficit. The Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act has passed both the House and Senate and will be sent to President Obama for signature or veto. 

“The American people have long been promised that this house will end the burden that Obamacare has put on hardworking Americans, and we have done our job. I have voted more than 50 times to repeal Obamacare and I once again casted my vote to dismantle this ill-conceived, disastrous healthcare law. Republicans were able to repeal Obamacare in both the House and the Senate, and send a final bill to the President’s desk.”

“This package will also defund Planned Parenthood and reallocate those taxpayer dollars to community healthcare centers where women receive the same health services while ensuring babies aren’t sold to the highest bidder.”

“Rather than having Washington bureaucrats make decisions for Americans, we need to restore the doctor patient relationship and leave the decision making in the hands of doctors, patients, and families.  Americans deserve quality healthcare at affordable prices but Obamacare does the opposite. Now that the House and Senate have passed this bill to repeal the broken promises of Obamacare, the President will be forced to decide whether he will continue to enforce this harmful policy by vetoing this bill or he can listen to the will of the American people and sign it into law.”

Specifically, the bill:

Dismantles Obamacare

• Eliminates the Individual Mandate penalty tax effective retroactively January 1, 2015
• Eliminates the Employer Mandate penalty tax effective retroactively January 1, 2015
• The premium assistance tax credit and cost sharing subsidies are repealed beginning in 2018
• The Medicaid expansion provisions are repealed beginning in 2018
• Repeals all Obamacare taxes including:
  • 40 percent Excise Tax on High Cost Health Plans (so-called Cadillac Tax)
  • Medical Device Tax
  • Health insurance Tax
  • 0.9 percent payroll tax on wages and self-income and the 3.8 percent tax on dividends, capital gains and other investment income
  • Prohibition on using FSA or HSA funds to purchase over-the counter (OTC) medications
  • Indoor tanning tax
  • Annual fee on manufacturers and importers of brand name prescription drugs
• Repeals the Prevention and Public Health Fund (Obamacare Slush Fund)
• Repeals the transitional reinsurance program

Defends Life

·         Provides for a one-year moratorium on all federal mandatory funding to Planned Parenthood.

Investing in Women’s Healthcare

• The bill authorizes and appropriates $235,000,000 for the community health center program in each FY 2016 and FY 2017.
• Awards grants to states to address substance abuse or to respond to urgent mental health needs.

Protecting Taxpayers

·         According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), repealing major provisions of Obamacare in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3762, would result in more than $1.3 trillion in savings.

·         The repeal of the Obamacare taxes and mandate penalties would cost $833 billion.

·         Therefore, H.R. 3762 would reduce the deficit by $516 billion over the 2016-2025 period, including macroeconomic feedback.

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