{"id":87376,"date":"2017-05-05T07:46:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T12:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=87376"},"modified":"2017-05-05T07:46:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T12:46:03","slug":"latta-votes-for-obamacare-repeal-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/05\/05\/latta-votes-for-obamacare-repeal-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta votes for Obamacare repeal bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0—\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after voting to pass\u00a0H.R. 1628<\/a>, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which repeals Obamacare and replaces it with patient-centered heath care.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very evident that\u00a0Obamacare is failing the American people, and its problems continue to grow. Just yesterday, more than 70,000 Iowans found out they might not have a single insurer to purchase insurance from on their exchanges next year. Last year, more than 5.5 million people decided to pay an IRS penalty instead of purchasing insurance they can\u2019t afford.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Rep. Bob Latta<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The promises of Obamacare have been thoroughly broken, and the problems it has foisted on hardworking families can\u2019t be ignored. Constituents in my district have told me about skyrocketing premiums, difficultly using their insurance, and the lack of choices they face thanks to Obamacare. Out of the 14 counties\u00a0I represent, four are facing a reality where there won\u2019t be a single insurer available on the exchanges, and another five counties will most likely only have one insurer available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AHCA keeps in place protections for pre-existing conditions while giving states more flexibility to improve their health care marketplaces and bring down the cost of insurance. At the same\u00a0time, the bill repeals Obamacare\u2019s burdensome mandates and costly taxes that hurt Ohio families and small businesses, and it establishes a Patient and State Stability Fund that will provide funding to states so they can implement policies that work best for their citizens. The legislation also makes needed reforms to the Medicaid program while ensuring a stable transition during the implementation of the AHCA.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur health care system desperately needs rescuing from the disaster that is Obamacare, and that\u2019s why I voted to pass the American Health Care Act and provide much needed relief for Ohioans.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to passing the American Health Care Act, Latta also voted to pass\u00a0H.R. 2192<\/a>, legislation that ensures that Members of Congress and congressional staff will be subject to the AHCA when it passes the Senate and is signed into law. Due to procedural issues, that legislation had to be passed as a stand-alone bill.<\/p>\n

In addition to passing the AHCA, Latta also joined his\u00a0colleagues in passing\u00a0H.R. 1644<\/a>, the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act, by a near unanimous vote Thursday afternoon. The legislation significantly strengthens\u00a0existing\u00a0sanctions against the North Korean regime by restricting access to money and materials to fund the rogue country\u2019s weapons programs.<\/p>\n

The bill also mandates sanctions against any\u00a0foreign\u00a0person buying certain metals or minerals from North Korea, and expands the ability to impose sanctions. The bill also prohibits goods that are produced\u00a0through\u00a0North Korean forced labor from entering the United States. North Korea has launched 49 missiles since 2015 including a\u00a0missile\u00a0test last\u00a0Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorth Korea continues to flaunt international\u00a0norms\u00a0as their government advances their capabilities\u00a0to fire nuclear weapons at the\u00a0U.S. mainland,\u201d said Latta.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s critical that the U.S. and our allies maintain sustained pressure on this rogue regime in order to gain leverage and change their behavior. Today\u2019s bipartisan vote shows the American\u00a0people are united in their support of holding the North Korean government accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0—\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) released the following statement after voting to pass\u00a0H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which repeals Obamacare and replaces it with patient-centered heath care. \u201cIt\u2019s very evident that\u00a0Obamacare is failing the American people, and its problems continue to grow. Just yesterday, more than 70,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 08:10:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}