Sen. Hoeven Issues Statement on Health Care Reform Legislation
"Obamacare is harming individuals and families in
"I voted for legislation to move forward the health care reform process. The bills would have ended the individual and employer mandates and helped restore Americans' ability to choose their health care coverage. At the same time, they would have provided states with greater flexibility to innovate free from mandates imposed by
The Health Care Freedom Act would have:
* Repealed the individual mandate
* Repealed the employer mandate for eight years
* Repealed the costly medical device tax for three years
* Increased the contribution limit for health savings accounts
* Provided greater flexibility to the States through the 1332 waiver process
* Defunded Planned Parenthood for one year and increased funding to
* Continued to fund Medicaid expansion and did not impact traditional Medicaid
"Also, it is important to understand how the
"Also, I voted for the Better Care Reconciliation Act. The legislation that we actually voted on in the
"We also tried to pass the Obamacare Repeal and Reconciliation Act. That legislation would have repealed portions of Obamacare, while continuing Medicaid expansion and insurance premium support payments giving
"None of these bills received sufficient support to pass.
"All along, I've said that health care reform will be a process, not one bill. We have worked diligently to get that process underway. We will continue those effort and hope that
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