Healthcare
ObamaCare Tax Hits Struggling Middle Class Taxpayers
- September 20, 2012
- Blog
A Congressional Budget Office study out yesterday confirms that the core of the president’s health care law is a massive new job-crushing tax on millions of middle class families, the Associated Press reports:
Democrats’ False Mediscare Attacks Backfiring; Ohio “Very, Very Hostile Territory” for Obama
- August 20, 2012
- Blog
Boehner Leads House in Voting to Repeal ObamaCare Law That’s Hurting the Economy
- July 12, 2012
- Blog
Yesterday Congressman Boehner led the House in voting a second time to fully repeal ObamaCare, which is driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses to grow and hire. "The intent of the president's health care law was to lower costs and to help create jobs. ... Instead, it is making our economy worse," Boehner said on the House floor shortly before the vote, Associated Press reports.
Boehner: Supreme Court Decision Underscores Need to Fully Repeal Harmful ObamaCare Law
- June 28, 2012
- Blog
Today the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate at the heart of ObamaCare as a tax, ensuring that the American people will have the final say on ObamaCare this November. The Cincinnati Enquirer has Congressman Boehner’s reaction:
Boehner: ObamaCare Backroom Deal “Wrong,” White House “Must Be Held Accountable”
- June 11, 2012
- Blog
On Friday, Congressman Boehner spoke with reporters about a new memo from a House committee detailing its investigation into secret negotiations and backroom deals between the White House and the drug industry that paved the way for the passage of the ObamaCare law that is making it harder for small businesses to hire.
House Votes to Repeal Harmful ObamaCare Tax on Job Creators
- June 8, 2012
- Blog
Last night the House continued its efforts to achieve full repeal of ObamaCare, which is making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers, voting overwhelmingly to scrap the law’s job-crushing tax on medical devices.
Boehner Joins #IWantRepeal Effort to Stop Job-Crushing ObamaCare Law
- June 7, 2012
- Blog
Congressman John Boehner is joining several of his colleagues today – including Reps. Pete Sessions, Steve King and Michelle Bachmann – in helping the National Republican Congressional Committee drive a new online petition to stop the president’s health care law that is making it harder for small businesses to grow and hire new workers.
Ohio Reps. Tiberi and Renacci Push for Repeal of Job-Crushing ObamaCare Tax
- May 21, 2012
- Blog
As the House prepares for a vote in the weeks ahead, Ohio Reps. Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) and Jim Renacci (R-Wadsworth) are making the case for repeal of an ObamaCare tax on medical devices that will make it harder for area employers to grow and create jobs. ONN has the story:
Boehner Column: ObamaCare is Leading to ‘Higher Costs, More Confusion, and Less Coverage’
- May 11, 2012
- News
KEY QUOTE: “Our national unemployment rate has been above eight percent for more than three years. Laws like ObamaCare are only making things worse. No matter what, Republicans will continue to do everything we can to fully repeal the president’s health care law and replace it with common-sense reforms that will actually lower costs and protect American jobs.”
Boehner Column: ObamaCare Hasn't Delivered on its Promises and Must be Repealed
- April 4, 2012
- News
KEY QUOTE: "Over the course of the past 15 months, we’ve had a total of 27 votes now to scrap, dismantle, and/or defund the law. Despite strong opposition from the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, which continue to defend the unpopular law, two ObamaCare programs have been successfully repealed. A third ObamaCare program has been halted. And we’ve had 47 oversight hearings to closely examine the impact of this gargantuan law on American families and small businesses."