By Jim DeMint
Today, U.S. Senator DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement:
“The Supreme Court may have failed to stop this government takeover
of health care, but the American people will not. Since the day this law
was rammed through Congress, the American people have demanded repeal,
and today’s ruling doesn’t make Obamacare any less dangerous to our
nation’s health. Freedom-loving Americans are disappointed, but we
cannot be discouraged.
“The President’s health care law must be fully repealed as all of its
promises have proven false. We were told it was not a tax hike, but
this ruling confirms it is an unprecedented and enormous tax on the poor
and middle class Americans. President Obama needs to explain why he is
enacting this middle class tax hike over the objections of the American
people during the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression.
“We were told it would lower health costs, but health care premiums
are exploding. We were told that Americans could keep their personal
health plans, but millions will now lose it. We were told it would
improve our economy, but it is now the largest obstacle to employers
hiring new workers.
“This government takeover of health care remains as destructive,
unsustainable, and unconstitutional as it was the day it was passed,
unread, by a since-fired congressional majority. Now as then, our first
step toward real health care reform and economic renewal remains
Obamacare’s full repeal, down to the last letter and punctuation mark.
“I urge every governor to stop implementing the health care
exchanges that would help implement the harmful effects of this
misguided law. Americans have loudly rejected this federal takeover of
health care, and governors should join with the people and reject its
implementation.”
“The President’s health care law will not reform anything, but is
already undermining what does still work in America’s health care
system. We cannot build a free market health care system on this flawed
structure of centralized government control, we must repeal all of it
and start over with commonsense solutions that make health care more
affordable and accessible for every American.
We can allow Americans to
purchase lower cost plans from other states, support state high-risk
pools to cover those with pre-existing conditions, medical-malpractice
reform to end frivolous lawsuits, and tax equity so Americans who don’t
get their health insurance from an employer are not penalized.”
“Today’s decision, however unfortunate, nonetheless represents an
opportunity to all Americans, to claim their right to create a health
care system of, for, and by the people, not government or special
interests. The American people now have the chance and Congress has the
responsibility to fully repeal this Washington takeover and reform
health care ourselves, together, around the principles of individual
liberty, not government mandates.
“The same freedom that made America strong and prosperous will make
us healthier, too, so long as politicians remember that the health care
system is supposed to serve our people, and not the other way around.”
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