Several of the promises made by President Obama and top Democrats while selling a government takeover of health care have been proven false, strengthening Congressman Boehner’s fight to repeal ObamaCare and replace it with common-sense solutions that will lower costs for families and small businesses. For example:
>> President Obama promised that “If you like your doctor, you’re going to be able to keep your doctor.” But Boehner highlighted a story by the New York Times on his Facebook page today which outlines how, under ObamaCare, plans are being developed that “require participants to use a narrower selection of doctors or hospitals.” It says “[M]ore Americans will be asked to pay higher prices for the privilege of choosing or keeping their own doctors if they are outside the new networks.”
>> Speaker Pelosi said ObamaCare is “about jobs,” and that it “will create 4 million jobs – 400,000 jobs almost immediately.” But the Columbus Dispatch highlights today how ObamaCare’s new federal mandates, penalties, and taxes are hurting job creators. The Dispatch says “this poorly designed law” could discourage small businesses “from hiring more workers,” and that “[t]hey also might be inclined to lay off employees” in order to avoid steep government fines.
>> HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said “There will be no federal funding for abortion.” But as we noted last week, and CNSNews.com reported today, “Maryland will join Pennsylvania as the second state to use federal tax dollars to pay for abortions under the new health care law signed by President Barack Obama in March, according to information released by Maryland’s State Health Insurance Plan.”
But that’s not all. As the Wall Street Journal wrote on Saturday, ObamaCare also vastly increased the powers of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS):
“[T]hose new duties include audits to determine who has the insurance ‘as required by law’ and collecting penalties from Americans who don’t. Companies that don’t sponsor health plans will also be punished. This crackdown will ‘involve nearly every division and function of the IRS,’ Ms. Olson reports.
“Well, well. Republicans argued during the health debate that the IRS would have to hire hundreds of new agents and staff to enforce ObamaCare. They were brushed off by Democrats and the press corps as if they believed the President was born on the moon. The IRS says it hasn’t figured out how much extra money and manpower it will need but admits that both numbers are greater than zero.”
The simple fact is that Boehner and Republicans have better, common-sense solutions that will actually lower costs for families and small businesses, create jobs, and prevent taxpayer-funding of abortion. And our plan doesn’t require thousands of new IRS agents either. Read more about these reforms here, and if you want to help in the fight to repeal ObamaCare and start over, join the team today by becoming a Boehner Campaigner!
READ MORE:
- ObamaCare to Force Taxpayers to Subsidize Abortion in Pennsylvania (7/13/10)
- ObamaCare Hurting Job Growth, Causing Uncertainty for Ohio Businesses (7/6/10)
- Boehner Backs Efforts to Repeal ObamaCare, Start Over With Reforms That Lower Costs (6/30/10)
- ObamaCare a “Gigantic Burden Being Dumped on the Buckeye State” (6/28/10)
- Already Deep in Debt, ObamaCare Slaps Ohio Taxpayers With Another $1.45B (6/18/10)
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