Roy Letter in the Wall Street Journal: This Is No Time to Go Wobbly on ObamaCare
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) published a letter in the Wall Street Journal urging Republicans to hold the line and end the enhanced subsidies for ObamaCare that were established temporarily during COVID-19.
This Is No Time to Go Wobbly on ObamaCare
By Chip Roy
"I’ve been in Congress since 2019 and have waited six years for my party to have an opportunity to go on the offense on healthcare—and win. Republicans have chosen to lose these debates for decades, undermining ourselves and allowing our healthcare system to collapse.
As Kimberley Strassel notes in “The GOP’s ObamaCare Crossroads” (Potomac Watch, Oct. 3), we finally have our chance. Democrats are choosing to shut down the government—and empower my friend, OMB Director Russ Vought—because they want to give $450 billion to big health insurance companies and the K Street lobby. Though Republicans are rightly resisting demands to provide “free” healthcare to illegal aliens, the fight is over a more fundamental question: Should Congress extend enhanced subsidies for ObamaCare that were established temporarily during Covid?
It doesn’t take a seasoned pol or savvy operative to know the answer is no. The jig is up, the pandemic is over and my colleagues shouldn’t blink in any other direction. Republicans must prove that we are for healthcare freedom and against socialized medicine. If we cave on these expensive and outdated subsidies, achieving our goals will be nearly impossible.
Making such concessions would make us look weak, saying we’re for one thing and doing another. How will voters take us seriously in our aspirations to deregulate the market to enable competition or expand health-savings accounts to meet their full potential, among other things, if we give up this fight? Rolling over will become our modus operandi.
If Republicans govern by poll and fail to grab this moment, they will own it. Don’t expect me to."
Click here to read Rep. Roy's letter in the Wall Street Journal.