Healthcare
Boehner Column: ObamaCare is Leading to ‘Higher Costs, More Confusion, and Less Coverage’
- May 11, 2012
- News
KEY QUOTE: “Our national unemployment rate has been above eight percent for more than three years. Laws like ObamaCare are only making things worse. No matter what, Republicans will continue to do everything we can to fully repeal the president’s health care law and replace it with common-sense reforms that will actually lower costs and protect American jobs.”
Boehner Column: ObamaCare Hasn't Delivered on its Promises and Must be Repealed
- April 4, 2012
- News
KEY QUOTE: "Over the course of the past 15 months, we’ve had a total of 27 votes now to scrap, dismantle, and/or defund the law. Despite strong opposition from the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, which continue to defend the unpopular law, two ObamaCare programs have been successfully repealed. A third ObamaCare program has been halted. And we’ve had 47 oversight hearings to closely examine the impact of this gargantuan law on American families and small businesses."
Columbus Dispatch Editorial Blasts ObamaCare’s Job-Killing Tax Hikes
- March 26, 2012
- Blog
Today’s Columbus Dispatch highlighted the job-crushing effects of ObamaCare’s more than $500 billion tax hikes will have on working families in Ohio:
Ohioans Continue to Speak Out Against White House Attack on Religious Freedom
- February 16, 2012
- Blog
Despite a so-called compromise offer from the White House, Americans of every faith and political persuasion aren’t yet convinced that a rule put forward by the Obama administration doesn’t constitute an attack on religious freedom in our country. Here’s a look at recent letters from residents of Ohio’s Eighth District to the Cincinnati Enquirer:
Latest ObamaCare Power Grab Targets Americans of Faith
- January 31, 2012
- Blog
Despite the promises and claims made in 2009 by the White House and its Democratic allies in Congress, new ObamaCare rules are threatening religious institutions’ right to provide health care services in accordance with their spiritual beliefs. Now, people of faith are fighting back.
On 39th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Boehner Keynotes March for Life on Behalf of Bipartisan Pro-Life House Majority
- January 24, 2012
- Blog
Congressman John Boehner yesterday addressed delivered opening remarks at the 39th March for Life in Washington. As Life News noted, “Boehner is frequently praised for pro-life groups for pushing several pieces of key pro-life legislation and paving the way for the first major votes late year to attempt to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business.”
Plain Dealer Column Highlights Job-Crushing Taxes Embedded in ObamaCare
- November 30, 2011
- Blog
Tony Dennis, president and CEO of BioOhio, wrote an op-ed in yesterday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer highlighting the job-crushing tax hikes embedded in ObamaCare:
Ohioans Overwhelmingly Reject Job-Crushing ObamaCare Law’s Individual Mandate
- November 9, 2011
- Blog
Ohio voters took an important stand against President Obama's massive health care overhaul and its controversial individual mandate yesterday, using the ballot box to strike a convincing blow to a law that’s been dubbed a “gigantic burden” on taxpayers, and “a threat” that will “further stunt any economic recovery and curtail future job growth.” Here’s a look at the coverage:
Community Voice: Issue 3 and Your Health-Care Freedom
- October 18, 2011
- News
KEY QUOTE: "The people of Ohio can prohibit their state government from taking away their health-care freedom, and if they do that by passing Issue 3, the federal individual mandate is more likely to be held unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court."
Boehner-Backed Protect Life Act Passes House
- October 14, 2011
- Blog
Yesterday, the House passed the Protect Life Act in a bipartisan vote, applying the Hyde Amendment to ObamaCare and conscience protection for health care professionals, such as doctors, nurses and hospitals. The Protect Life Act is just the latest GOP effort to keep their Pledge to America, which calls for preventing taxpayer dollars from paying for abortions and builds on legislation the House has already passed this year to codify the Hyde Amendment across all federal programs.