No more excuses to repeal Obamacare

This letter was written with and is supported by eight grassroots organizations and nine Republican Committee members in Philadelphia and surrounding counties.

Since it was enacted into law in 2010, the majority of Americans have opposed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. In elections since then, Republicans have campaigned on the promise of total repeal of Obamacare and, we, political constituents and grassroots supporters, have responded by giving Republicans the House, then the Senate, and, in 2016, the President’s Office. There are no more reasons why Congress cannot totally repeal Obamacare.

The new American Health Care Act, as it stands now, is not Obamacare repeal. Most Americans agree, given that only 17 percent support AHCA.

We ask nothing more than our legislators honor their campaign promises to repeal Obamacare.

Repeal means dismantling the Title I regulatory structure in the legislation that has caused insurance premiums to skyrocket, swelled Medicaid rolls and inserted the federal government between patients and our doctors. The 2015 repeal bill, which passed both the House and Senate, is a starting point for repealing Obamacare.

Replace means implementing free market solutions, eliminating taxpayer-funded abortions and returning to patient centered health care.

The Freedom Caucus is not the problem. They are attempting to honor what the Republican Party has promised its supporters since 2010.

We now ask that promises to us are honored — repeal Obamacare, then replace it. No more excuses.