Andy Barr Responds To SC Decision!

ANDY BARR FOR CONGRESS
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2012

Supreme Court Decision Confirms ObamaCare Is A Massive Tax

Barr: Court decision means only way to stop ObamaCare
is to replace Ben Chandler, who opposes repeal

LEXINGTON, KY – Commenting on today's United States Supreme Court ruling,
candidate for Congress Andy Barr noted that the decision confirms what
small businesses and voters have been saying from the beginning:

“Today, the Supreme Court exposed ObamaCare for what it actually is: a
massive tax imposed upon people who can least afford it,” Barr said. “This
decision means that the only way to stop ObamaCare is to defeat
politicians like Ben Chandler who have voted against repeal of this
disaster for working families.

“The Court's ruling did recognize that there are important limits on
federal power enshrined in our Constitution. By a 5-4 vote, the Court
vindicated the proposition that Congress lacks the power to compel
Americans to involuntarily engage in commercial activity. By a 7-2
margin, the Court held that that the federal government cannot hold a
state's Medicaid funding hostage to the whims of federal bureaucrats.

“For more than two years, an unworkable 2,700-page monstrosity has
consumed, distracted, and delayed lawmakers from adopting measures that
can truly address the shortcomings in our health care system. Rammed
through Congress in the dead of night when most members of Congress had
not even had a chance to read it, ObamaCare showcases the arrogance of
Washington politicians who think they know better than the rest of us. As
Ben Chandler’s choice for Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, infamously
said, ‘[w]e have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.’

“Every day that ObamaCare remains in effect means rising health care
costs, skyrocketing insurance premiums, accelerating job losses, and an
exploding federal deficit. In Congress, I will work to fully repeal this
unworkable law and replace it with market-based, patient-centered reforms
that will lower the cost of health insurance without growing government.”

Andy Barr supports replacing ObamaCare with the following market-based,
patient-centered reforms:

• Authorize interstate competition among America's 1,300 private health
insurers;
• Expand the availability of tax-favored Health Savings Accounts, which
empower consumers to negotiate the price of many lower cost health care
services (replacing insurance companies in this capacity);
• Replace the current tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health
insurance with a system of family and individual tax credits in order to
make health insurance more affordable and portable;
• Enact sensible medical liability reform; and
• Expand the availability of Association Health Plans, which enable
individuals and small businesses to purchase more affordable group
insurance.