Issue Position: Obamacare

Issue Position

The growth of government in any facet of our lives means less personal freedom, and health care is certainly no exception. Medicaid and Medicare have growth far beyond their originally projected limits, both in terms of enrollment and overall costs. Such programs cause Americans to become increasingly dependent on the government, creating a "nanny state" environment that leads to more national debt and less economic stability.

Rather than identifying increased health care spending as a problem, the government has decided to create a top-down system through the federal government by instituting the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). This massive growth of government centralizes the health care system and permanently alters the relationship between patients and their doctors. This simply cannot be allowed to happen.

Lee will join with conservative Senators like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee and others to support the repeal of Obamacare in its entirety. Furthermore, Lee will oppose any bill or budget resolution that provides funding to implement or enforce any part of it. Doing so will promote a market-based health care system that is consumer-based and free from government obstruction.

Obamacare is a serious legal threat to our liberties and our economy as well as to the quality of our health care system. The demands imposed by Obamacare violate the basic principles of our Constitution. Short of full repeal, Lee will vote for defunding and postponing any parts possible. In fact, Lee was the first US Senate candidate in South Carolina to sign the pledge to defund Obamacare, due to the serious threat this harmful legislation poses to our nation.

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