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Heritage
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A Letter to
President Obama
by Jim DeMint
October 10, 2013
Dear Mr.
President:
As the
temporary slowdown
in government operations enters its second week, I write to explain
why conservatives have insisted on making the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act the prime source of contention. Speaking for our
organization, I can tell you we’re in this fight because of the
harm the law is inflicting on Americans across the country.
We are
fighting for people
like Michael Cerpok, a leukemia patient in Arizona, who recently
learned he will lose his current health insurance due to this
misguided law. He notes that “my $4,500 out-of-pocket [expense] is
going to turn into a minimum of $26,000 out-of-pocket to see the
doctor that I’ve been seeing the last seven years,” and he
worries that he and his wife might need to take second jobs to stay
afloat.
We are
fighting for people
like California resident Tom Waschura, who voted for you twice, yet
was shocked by the higher premium bill he recently received in the
mail. Tom’s insurance rates will go up by almost $10,000 for him
and his family. He fears that these higher premiums will harm his
family, and jobs in his area: “When you take $10,000 out of my
family’s pocket each year, that’s otherwise disposable income or
retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy.”
We are
fighting for people
like Rod Coons and Florence Peace, a retired Indiana couple satisfied
with their current coverage. “I’d prefer to stay with our current
plan because it meets our needs,” says Rod. But their plan isn’t
government-approved under Obamacare’s new rules, so Rod and
Florence are losing their health insurance plan at the end of this
year.
You have
claimed that
Obamacare has nothing to do with the budget. But over the next
decade, this widely unpopular program will add nearly $1.8 trillion
in new federal spending—and will cost taxpayers trillions more
beyond that, making it nearly impossible to balance the federal
budget. What’s more, for millions of struggling Americans, the law
will crush their family budgets due to fewer work hours, lost jobs,
and higher premiums. With the economy still mired in a scattered and
sluggish recovery, these people deserve relief from Obamacare—and
they deserve it now.
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