DeMint Launches Healthcare Repeal Effort

Paul Bedard

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South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint has wasted no time getting the healthcare reform repeal movement going.

Here's what his office sent us:

DeMint to Introduce Bill to Repeal ObamaCare

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) announced that he will introduce legislation this week to repeal President Obama's government takeover of health care. House Democrats voted to pass the Senate version of the health care bill and it will likely be signed into law by President Obama later this week.

"This bill is unconstitutional and it cannot be fixed. It must be repealed," said Senator DeMint. "The battle for health care freedom is not over and I will introduce legislation this week to repeal this health takeover.

"Unless this trillion-dollar assault on our freedoms is repealed, it will force Americans to purchase Washington-approved health plans or face stiff penalties. It will fund abortions, raise taxes and insurance premiums, while reducing health care choices and quality."

"This arrogant power grab proves that the President and his party care more about government control than the will of the American people. Americans told Washington to keep its hands off their health care in opinion polls, at public protests, and at the ballot box, but their pleas were ignored.

"If the President and Democrats were serious about true health care reform, there were many free-market solutions we could have easily passed. Americans support commonsense reforms such as purchasing coverage across state lines, stopping frivolous medical lawsuits, and giving the same tax breaks to Americans who don't get their insurance at work. Unfortunately, Democrats refused to listen."

The bill passed in the House today raids $52 billion from Social Security, cuts nearly $500 billion from Medicare, and doesn't account for the hundreds of billions Congress must pass to pay doctors who treat elderly patients.

TEXT of Senator DeMint's bill to Repeal ObamaCare:

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the amendments made by that Act, are repealed.

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