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Rokita Votes to Repeal Part of Obanacare

Statement

Date: Feb. 1, 2012
Issues: Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance Health and Health Care

Today Rep. Todd Rokita voted for the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011, legislation he co-authored to repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) program, an unsustainable entitlement program created as part of Obamacare:

"The CLASS Act was a budget gimmick used to hide the true cost of Obamacare, and it creates a new, long-term entitlement program that we cannot sustain and cannot afford. Repeal of this legislation, which even the White House now admits is unworkable, is critical to preventing it from being implemented in the future.

Long-term care is becoming an increasingly important health care issue as our population ages and lives longer. But the CLASS Act was never a viable solution to long-term care issues. The only thing this program will do is ensure that our children and grandchildren face one more unsustainable entitlement program and the crippling debt that will result."


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