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Repeal of Obamacare Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act.
Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6079 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6079
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health
care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Act of 2010.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 9, 2012
Mr. Cantor (for himself, Mr. Camp, Mr. Kline, Mr. Upton, Mr. Smith of
Texas, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Herger, Mr.
Pitts, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Roskam,
Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mrs. McMorris
Rodgers, Mr. Carter, and Mr. Dreier) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the
Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration,
Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health
care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Act of 2010.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Repeal of Obamacare Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following with respect to the impact of Public
Law 111-148 and related provisions of Public Law 111-152 (collectively
referred to in this section as ``the law''):
(1) President Obama promised the American people that if
they liked their current health coverage, they could keep it.
But even the Obama Administration admits that tens of millions
of Americans are at risk of losing their health care coverage,
including as many as 8 in 10 plans offered by small businesses.
(2) Despite projected spending of more than two trillion
dollars over the next 10 years, cutting Medicare by more than
one-half trillion dollars over that period, and increasing
taxes by over $800 billion dollars over that period, the law
does not lower health care costs. In fact, the law actually
makes coverage more expensive for millions of Americans. The
average American family already paid a premium increase of
approximately $1,200 in the year following passage of the law.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that health
insurance premiums for individuals buying private health
coverage on their own will increase by $2,100 in 2016 compared
to what the premiums would have been in 2016 if the law had not
passed.
(3) The law cuts more than one-half trillion dollars in
Medicare and uses the funds to create a new entitlement program
rather than to protect and strengthen the Medicare program.
Actuaries at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
warn that the Medicare cuts contained in the law are so drastic
that ``providers might end their participation in the program
(possibly jeopardizing access to care for beneficiaries)''. CBO
cautioned that the Medicare cuts ``might be difficult to
sustain over a long period of time''. According to the CMS
actuaries, 7.4 million Medicare beneficiaries who would have
been enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan in 2017 will lose
access to their plan because the law cuts $206 billion in
payments to Medicare Advantage plans. The Trustees of the
Medicare Trust Funds predict that the law will result in a
substantial decline in employer-sponsored retiree drug
coverage, and 90 percent of seniors will no longer have access
to retiree drug coverage by 2016 as a result of the law.
(4) The law creates a 15-member, unelected Independent
Payment Advisory Board that is empowered to make binding
decisions regarding what treatments Medicare will cover and how
much Medicare will pay for treatments solely to cut spending,
restricting access to health care for seniors.
(5) The law and the more than 13,000 pages of related
regulations issued before July 11, 2012, are causing great
uncertainty, slowing economic growth, and limiting hiring
opportunities for the approximately 13 million Americans
searching for work. Imposing higher costs on businesses will
lead to lower wages, fewer workers, or both.
(6) The law imposes 21 new or higher taxes on American
families and businesses, including 12 taxes on families making
less than $250,000 a year.
(7) While President Obama promised that nothing in the law
would fund elective abortion, the law expands the role of the
Federal Government in funding and facilitating abortion and
plans that cover abortion. The law appropriates billions of
dollars in new funding without explicitly prohibiting the use
of these funds for abortion, and it provides Federal subsidies
for health plans covering elective abortions. Moreover, the law
effectively forces millions of individuals to personally pay a
separate abortion premium in violation of their sincerely held
religious, ethical, or moral beliefs.
(8) Until enactment of the law, the Federal Government has
not sought to impose specific coverage or care requirements
that infringe on the rights of conscience of insurers,
purchasers of insurance, plan sponsors, beneficiaries, and
other stakeholders, such as individual or institutional health
care providers. The law creates a new nationwide requirement
for health plans to cover ``essential health benefits'' and
``preventive services'', but does not allow stakeholders to opt
out of covering items or services to which they have a
religious or moral objection, in violation of the Religious
Freedom Restoration Act (Public Law 103-141). By creating new
barriers to health insurance and causing the loss of existing
insurance arrangements, these inflexible mandates jeopardize
the ability of institutions and individuals to exercise their
rights of conscience and their ability to freely participate in
the health insurance and health care marketplace.
(9) The law expands Government control over health care,
adds trillions of dollars to existing liabilities, drives costs
up even further, and too often puts Federal bureaucrats,
instead of doctors and patients, in charge of health care
decisionmaking.
(10) The path to patient-centered care and lower costs for
all Americans must begin with a full repeal of the law.
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF OBAMACARE.
(a) PPACA.--Effective as of the enactment of Public Law 111-148,
such Act (other than subsection (d) of section 1899A of the Social
Security Act, as added and amended by sections 3403 and 10320 of such
Public Law) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed
by such Act (other than such subsection (d)) are restored or revived as
if such Act had not been enacted.
(b) Health Care-Related Provisions in the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010.--Effective as of the enactment of the
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-
152), title I and subtitle B of title II of such Act are repealed, and
the provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or subtitle,
respectively, are restored or revived as if such title and subtitle had
not been enacted.
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives, as long as such statement has been submitted prior to
the vote on passage of this Act.
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Rule H. Res. 724 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 724. (consideration: CR H4725-4766; text of measure as introduced: CR H4725)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6079 with 5 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with five hours of debate on H.R. 6079.
DEBATE - The House continued debate on H.R. 6079.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule 19, the Speaker postponed further proceedings on H.R. 6079.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4796-4806)
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 724, the House proceeded with the remaining 30 minutes of debate controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader on H.R. 6079.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4806)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule 19, the Speaker postponed further proceedings on H.R. 6079.
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Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4806-4808)
Mr. Andrews moved to recommit with instructions to Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce. (consideration: CR H4806-4808; text: CR H4806)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Andrews motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a provision to the end of the bill, which states that any Member who votes for Repeal of the Affordable Care Act will be ineligible to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, effective beginning the first month following enactment of the Act.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H4807)
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 180 - 248 (Roll no. 459). (consideration: CR H4808)
Roll Call #459 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 244 - 185 (Roll no. 460).
Roll Call #460 (House)On passage Passed by recorded vote: 244 - 185 (Roll no. 460).
Roll Call #460 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 451.