Reid Calls Health Care Repeal Vote

Reid Calls Health Care Repeal Vote "Partisan Grandstanding"

(RTTNews) - With the House set to vote on a measure to repeal the health care reform law later on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., released a statement calling the move "partisan grandstanding."

Republicans and Democrats in the House are currently debating the measure to repeal the health care law, which was passed last March, with a vote on the measure expected to take place at around 5:30 pm ET.

Reid said, "Republicans are voting to take tax breaks away from small businesses, raise prescription drug prices for seniors and let insurance companies go back to denying coverage to sick children. As if that wasn't bad enough, Republicans' plan would also add more than $1 trillion to the deficit."

"This is nothing more than partisan grandstanding at a time when we should be working together to create jobs and strengthen the middle class," he added.

While the repeal is likely to pass the House due to the new Republican majority, given Democratic control of the Senate and the White House, the repeal is not likely to advance any further.

Despite the near-certainty that the efforts to repeal the health care law will fail in the current Congress, House Republicans are moving forward in part to satisfy a campaign promise.

Republicans claim that the health care law increases government spending and hurts job growth, while Democrats argue that repealing the law could lead to millions of Americans being denied insurance due to pre-existing conditions.


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