Congressman Pete King

Rep. King Proud to Vote Against Obamacare

April 6 , 2010

Contrary to the wishes of many Americans, President Obama has pushed so-called healthcare legislation through Congress.

I was proud to vote against this legislation because it will:

1. Increase taxes by $569 billion, with New York paying 15% of these taxes though we are only 6.3% of the nation's population. (Some of the items to be taxed include diabetes blood sugar monitors and insulin injectors, heart valves and stents, pacemakers and glucose monitors!)
   
2. Reduce Medicare by almost half a trillion dollars, causing as many as twenty thousand senior citizens in the third Congressional District to lose their Medicare Advantage Plan coverage.
   
3. Increase the deficit by $562 billion in the first ten years alone.
   
4. Fail to adequately protect veterans who are covered by Tricare which is why it was opposed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

As I have stated before, I do support commonsense reforms to our health care system but I refused to vote for legislation that will ration care, lead to a government takeover of health care, allow government bureaucrats to stand between patients and their doctors and jeopardize the coverage of millions of people.

I want to assure you that though we have lost this battle, the struggle is far from over. The fight will go on in Congress. I assure you I will keep up the fight.