ICYMI: Larson Calls for Solutions, Not Show Votes on Obamacare

Washington – Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) called for the Ways and Means Committee to focus on improving healthcare for millions of Americans rather than voting once again to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

“I hope as a Committee, we can get beyond this notion of—for the sixty-third time—we’re going to repeal the Affordable Care Act,” Larson told the Committee. “It’s been six years. The Act isn’t going to be repealed, and—as many on our side have said—it needs to be improved. … Because of the advance of technology and science and innovation and all the things entrepreneurialism can bring, you would think we could do better because we are Americans.

“This nonsense, this ongoing attempt to repeal Obamacare for the sixty-third times drives people crazy. They’re concerned about their health and their well-being, and want to make sure that [Obamacare] is there for them. And frankly, Mr. Chairman, I hope that we can quickly get to a position where the capable people on this Committee can sit down with one another and come up with solutions.”

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