Why ObamaCare Must Be Repealed So We Can Begin Real Health Reform

There is no question that we need changes in our health sector. But numerous independent studies have shown that the Affordable Care Act will fail to achieve its goals and will cause harm by trying to inflict too much change too suddenly. Medicaid and job-based health insurance are just two examples. As many as 25 million people will be added to Medicaid’s rolls; this means those already on the program will be competing for the limited number of physicians, especially specialists, who treat Medicaid patients, making it even more difficult for those on the program to access care. The legislation also will cause tremendous disruption in employment-based insurance, with estimates that as many as 80 million people will not be able to keep the coverage they have now and will be forced to have coverage directed by Washington. The law also is deterring employers from hiring new workers until they know the cost of the mandated insurance. In the next phase of the health policy debate, leaders in Congress must develop a smaller, more reasonable approach to health reform that empowers consumers as partners in managing health care and health spending decisions, with more choices of coverage in a market where insurers are competing to provide the best policies at the most affordable prices.