WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif. (42nd CD), issued the following news release:
Despite its massive implications on our nation's health care system, President Obama made only two passing references to his major health care overhaul during Tuesday night's speech. That could be because data continues to come out showing that, like many of the President's domestic policy initiatives, the health care law is failing to fulfill the Administration's promises. A new Gallup survey released this week shows that more Americans are now without health insurance than when the law was enacted in 2010. Meanwhile, despite claims that the so-called Affordable Care Act would help rein in health care costs, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study found that in 2011 - after some of the earliest provisions of the law went into effect - premiums have gone up by 9 percent, or over $1,200 for an average American family. Instead of government mandates and regulations that restrict patient choice, Congressman Miller will continue to work in Congress to reign in the cost of health care and improve access to care by pursuing common-sense, free market solutions, such as allowing the purchase of insurance across state lines, that will give consumers more options to meet their health care needs.
TNS MJ88-120128-3755802 StaffFurigay (c) 2012 Targeted News Service
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