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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 214
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHITNEY
HEALTH CARE: Memorializes the United States Congress to repeal the Affordable Care
Act
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to repeal2
the Affordable Care Act in its entirety.3
WHEREAS, the Affordable Care Act consists of the following Acts of Congress,4
collectively:5
(1) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which originated as H.R. 35906
in the One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress and became Public Law No. 111-148.7
(2) The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which originated as H.R.8
4872 in the One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress and became Public Law No.9
111-152; and10
WHEREAS, serious problems with the Affordable Care Act, referred to hereafter as11
the "ACA", were evident from the time it was introduced as a bill, as illustrated in part by12
the statement of the speaker of the United States House of Representatives presiding at the13
time indicating that congress would have to pass the bill in order for the public to find out14
what is in it; and15
WHEREAS, every major aspect of the ACA has proven highly controversial and has16
caused deep divisions among leaders who seek to institute needed reforms in our nation's17
health care system; and18
WHEREAS, implementation of the ACA has been a greater challenge than the19
federal government can manage, as evidenced most notably by serious technical problems20
and delays associated with the rollout of the HealthCare.gov website that impeded21 HLS 14RS-5944 ORIGINAL
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enrollment in coverage by the very persons that the law required to do so, with problems1
persisting up to and including the final day by which persons were required to enroll or face2
a financial penalty; and3
WHEREAS, estimates cited by the current Speaker of the United States House of4
Representatives indicate that as a result of the ACA's mandates, the health insurance policies5
of between five million and six million Americans, the vast majority of whom are employed,6
have been canceled; and7
WHEREAS, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the8
subsidies the ACA provides for health coverage will discourage Americans from working,9
and will cause approximately two million five hundred thousand employees to leave the10
labor force; and11
WHEREAS, other persons whom the ACA will negatively impact are our nation's12
senior citizens, as the law will cut over seven hundred billion dollars from Medicare over13
ten years and redirect those funds to finance an array of new entitlements mandated by the14
law; and15
WHEREAS, because the ACA has been a troubled law since the time it was enacted,16
fully repealing this law would be a responsible and prudent action by the present congress.17
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby18
memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to repeal the19
Affordable Care Act in its entirety.20
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the21
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the22
United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.23
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Whitney HCR No. 214
Memorializes the U.S. Congress to take such actions as are necessary to repeal the
Affordable Care Act in its entirety.