Dan Webster Takes Aim at Obamacare

On Friday, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., took aim at President Barack Obamas federal health-care law, insisting the White House broke promises on it and noting many Americans lost their benefits under it.

Obamacare has failed to deliver on many of its namesakes soundbite promises from day one, Webster said on Friday. Perhaps the biggest broken promise was the presidents infamous declaration that If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. Period. This claim was found to be so misleading and outright false that it was deemed the Lie of the Year by the nonpartisan fact checker, PolitiFact.

The simple truth is that millions of Americans lost their health care plan because of Obamacare. While most of these cancellations were limited to the individual market, millions of Americans who get their health care insurance through their employer face the same fate in the coming months, Webster added before pointing toward a bill he was backing.

This week, I voted in support of the Employee Health Protection Act, which ensures that American workers can keep their current health plan if they like it. The bill also expands freedom for small businesses to access more affordable health care options that best serve their employees, Webster said. For too many, Obamacare has resulted in canceled plans, lost doctors or heightened deductibles, premiums or out-of-pocket costs. Instead of a government overreach, we need health care solutions that deliver the care you need, from the doctor you choose, at a price you can afford.