Washington Report: House Votes to Repeal Health-Care Law

A handful of Democrats crossed party lines to repeal President Obama's health-care law.

July 12, 2012

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives voted 244 to 185 yesterday to repeal President Obama€™s health-care law, which the Supreme Court recently upheld.

"Washington-based care is not the answer," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). "There is a better way to go about improving the health-care system in this country. The American people want patient-centered care."

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led a campaign-style rally in the Capitol Visitor Center in what Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) called "real people" explaining how the law benefits them and begging Republicans not to take away their health care, reports Roll Call. Pelosi praised the law, saying that it "makes health care a right, not a privilege for all Americans."

NACS sent a letter to House Republican leadership in support of the bill (H.R. 6079): "Health insurance in our industry is extremely costly and difficult for our members to provide. NACS members strongly advocate reforms that will improve access and affordability for not only themselves, but for their employees and their dependents," wrote NACS, adding that the current health-care law is "loaded with new mandates and new taxes, and if it remains in place, the business owners in the convenience and fuel retailing industry will be forced to divert resources away from hiring and expanding their businesses €" the very investments our country so desperately needs as it continues to struggle in a sluggish economy."

The bill now heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate where it€™s unlikely going to be brought up for debate.

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