KMA Land - Young Reacts to House Vote to Repeal Obamacare

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By Chuck Morris

Iowa 3rd District Republican Congressman David Young talked extensively Wednesday morning on KMA about a House vote yesterday to repeal ObamaCare.

This is the 56th time the U.S. House has voted to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act. KMA News asked the first term Congressman why?
"In this new Congress, we have new numbers. We have a lot more Republicans and in the Senate as well, there are a lot more Republicans as well. And many of these new members like myself, wanted to go on record. We wanted others to go on record too and this is different this time around because this isn't just a repeal. This is a repeal and on it we've instructed our caucus, the Republicans, to come up with a plan of solutions regarding health care."

Young says there are several ideas being offered by the Republican controlled House as alternative solutions.

"With things like purchasing insurance across state lines, price transparency so we know, hard working families know what they are paying for before they go into a provider, health savings accounts, tort reform, these kind of things. Because we just can't be a party of no in my mind. We have to be a party of solutions, we have to be a party of ideas. We have to empower the consumer and providers for our health care."

The Van Meter native says it's imperative to make changes to the current law because the current law is a drain on American families.

"It's a broken promise by the President. And it's a strain on the family budgets. We're out there working hard, working our tail off every day and we are seeing our median income go down in this Obama economy. And we need a healthier economy and a one size fits all approach to our health care does not help at all. It doesn't help our economy and it doesn't help the family budget."

Young says there are some things in the new law that should remain part of our health care laws.

"There are a few good things in this law that I can live with and I think that should be in a Republican bill, such as making sure that those who have pre-existing conditions are not dropped from their insurance. If you have the ability to pay for your insurance, you shouldn't be dropped. You know kids coming out of college looking for a job and not able to get one, they should be able to stay on their parents or employers health care program. But we need to do our job and if we truly believe as Republicans, and it's not just Republicans, but independents and some Democrats to believe that this is a bad law, some bad medicine, then we need to try and change it and offer solutions."

Congressman David Young can be heard every Wednesday morning at 7:35 on KMA.

On a related topic, Senator Joni Ernst today announced her co-sponsorship of a bill to repeal ObamaCare. The Iowa Senator is among 47 original cosponsors to the bill, introduced by Senator Ted Cruz, which authorizes full repeal 180 days after enactment in order to allow a six-month window to replace ObamaCare with patient centered, affordable, quality solutions.
In a press release Ernst said, "Too many Iowa families and businesses have been hurt by the painful effects of ObamaCare - from rising costs, to losing access to doctors, to hampering businesses' abilities to hire new employees. We must start over by repealing and replacing this disastrous law in order to craft and implement real solutions for affordable, patient centered alternatives."

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