Democrat Scare Tactics Can’t Hide Obamacare Chaos

Democrat Scare Tactics Can't Hide Obamacare Chaos

"The American people have suffered long enough with the chaos created by Obamacare. It took years for health insurance markets to get this bad - and it's going to take time to get things fixed. This resolution that we've introduced to repeal Obamacare is the start."

Go to: https://youtu.be/h60KOeV4AxQ to watch Sen. Barrasso's remarks.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare.

Excerpts of Senator Barrasso's remarks:

"Tonight in Chicago, President Obama is going to give a farewell address. And I'm assuming he'll talk about Obamacare, and I'm assuming he paints a very different picture than what the American people have seen and are living with.

"And now I see the president using scare tactics about what Republicans plan to do.

"Well, no matter what President Obama wants, the American people have spoken, they have voted.

"And eight out of ten people say what this costly and complicated health care law has done with them, they would like to see it significantly changed or repealed and replaced.

Democrat Scare Tactics

"For one thing, Democrats have been saying that millions of Americans are going to lose their health insurance if we repeal the Obama health care law.

"In a letter last week, Senator Schumer and Senator Sanders said that Republicans are planning to take health care coverage away from more than 30 million Americans.

"That's not going to happen. And the Democrats absolutely know it's not going to happen. It doesn't stop them from saying it.

"The fact is that this should never have been about health insurance in the first place.

"As a doctor, I will tell you it should have been about health care and patients.

"Republicans are going to make sure that's where the focus is from now on.

"The number of people with good health insurance coverage under Obamacare actually has been a lot less than what the Democrats are claiming.

"That's because lots of people who bought Obamacare coverage only did it because the health care law forced them to give up the insurance that they already had and liked, and worked for them.

"I've heard many stories from people in Wyoming who had insurance--worked for them--and they chose it because it was best for them and their family--and they lost it because the president said it wasn't good enough for him.

"These are people who were hurt by the broken promises, and by President Obama's well-earned award of 'lie of the year.'

Chaos Caused by Obamacare

"Democrats are out there saying that if we try to replace Obamacare with a better solution that in their words, it's going to cause chaos in the health insurance industry.

"Where have they been" There is chaos everywhere because of Obamacare.

"When you look at what Democrats did to America's health care system, what you see is chaos.

"Premiums up 25 percent in one year - that's chaos.

"Deductibles up by an average of $450 in a year - that's chaos.

"There is no functioning marketplace for Obamacare in one-third of the country - that's chaos.

"When Americans look at this, what they see is already chaos - and Obamacare caused it.

Democrats' False Claims About Medicaid

"I want to mention one last false claim that Democrats are making - and it has to do with Medicaid.

"That's because Medicaid was broken long before Obamacare. All the health care law did was add more people onto this broken program.

"One reason that Medicaid is struggling is the same reason that the rest of Obamacare isn't working.

"Because Medicaid tries to impose too many rules and too many regulations from Washington. It tries to make one size fit all.

"There are different needs in every state - states know what those needs are - and they know much better than Washington knows about the people who live in those states.

"There are Republican governors like Mike Pence of Indiana who understood this very important fact. I'm glad he is soon going to be vice president.

"Governors like Mike Pence fought for waivers, waivers to make sure that they could do what the people of their states needed.

"Every governor should have that kind of freedom to look out for the best interests of the people in their home states. They shouldn't have to ask permission from some unaccountable, unelected Washington bureaucrat before making improvements to their own Medicaid program.

"Giving states the freedom to come up with better solutions is just one of the things that Republicans are going to do to replace Obamacare with real health care reform.

"States need and deserve to have that freedom, and people should be free to buy the health insurance that meets their needs, not what meets the needs of the President of the United States.

Republicans Work to Repeal Harmful Obamacare Provisions

"People shouldn't have to pay more for coverage that isn't a good value for them.

"Families should have more flexibility to save for their own medical care. That's a way to make sure they're not stuck with empty coverage, coverage that they can't afford to use.

"And people shouldn't be mandated to buy this overpriced, unusable insurance or face a penalty from the IRS.

"That's one of the most outrageous parts of the entire health care law - to me it's the first thing that has to go on the chopping block.

"Republicans are going to repeal damaging and destructive ideas like Obamacare's many taxes and mandates and penalties.

"Then we're going to walk through better solutions - one by one, step by step. And I hope some of the Democrats in Congress will join us.

"The American people have suffered long enough with the chaos created by Obamacare.

"It took years for health insurance markets to get this bad - and it's going to take time to get things fixed.

"This resolution that we've introduced to repeal Obamacare is the start."