Marco Rubio Votes For Health Care Repeal

Republicans in the U.S. Senate tried to repeal the federal health care law backed by President Barack Obama on Wednesday but failed in a party lines vote.

Its important that we repeal and replace ObamaCare. The sooner we repeal it, the better because this law is holding back job creation and threatening current coverage plans that people are satisfied with, said Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. Today, when the first of what I hope will be many opportunities to repeal ObamaCare arose, I joined all my Republican colleagues in seizing it. Unfortunately, none of our Democrat colleagues agreed. I hope the Democrats will recognize the severe flaws of this policy and eventually vote to repeal it.

In the meantime, I also have strong hopes that the recent legal rulings against the federal health care law will ultimately result in its abolishment, so that we can then move on to the important work of replacing ObamaCare with common sense reforms that will lower health care costs and get more Americans insured, added Rubio.