Bryce Releases Statement on Ryan’s Call to Repeal Obamacare through a Series of Bills

Paul Ryan. Photo from the Office of the Speaker of the House.

RACINE, WI – Democratic congressional candidate Randy Bryce released the following statement on Speaker Ryan‘s call yesterday to gradually repeal the Affordable Care Act through a series of bill, rather than in one, as Republicans attempted previously. When asked yesterday by a Fox Business interviewer how he would address the massive deficit caused by his ‘tax reform’ bill and the latest budget, Ryan said, “What we tried to do was do it all in the House bill with repeal and replace….That would have been the biggest entitlement reform bill ever passed by Congress. So what are we doing [now]? We’re going back and doing it incrementally. Going back at incremental health care reform and other entitlement reforms so we can chip away at this problem.” (video). It was reported late yesterday that Republicans are specifically looking at ending the requirement that mid-size and large employers provide healthcare to full time employees.

“The American public overwhelmingly opposed Speaker Ryan’s attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would have removed protections for pre-existing conditions, kicked $23 million Americans off their insurance and increased health care costs for seniors. But yesterday Paul Ryan announced that he is not giving up. His new strategy is to repeal the bill bit by bit through provisions hidden in larger, unrelated bills — while providing no alternative that will lessen premium costs or protect consumers from sky high drug costs.

Twenty years in D.C. has clearly changed Paul Ryan because the only people benefitting from the strategy he announced yesterday are the corporate special interests, like drug and health insurance companies, that fund his campaigns. I’ve pledged to take no corporate PAC contributions and I support Medicare for All because I think it’s our representative’s job to protect the health of Southeastern Wisconsin families – not the health of corporate profits.”

About Randy Bryce

Randy Bryce is a U.S. Army veteran, cancer survivor, and union ironworker. He was raised in southeastern Wisconsin, and went to public schools. Randy’s father was a police officer, and his mother worked in a doctor’s office. After graduation, Randy enlisted in the U.S. Army, and was posted to Honduras, where he earned the Army Achievement Medal. After returning stateside, Randy was diagnosed with cancer, which he survived, but only after struggling through the bankruptcy that came with the medical bills. Once in remission, Randy found his way to an apprenticeship as an iron worker, a trade he’s now been practicing and fighting to protect from anti-labor laws for nearly 20 years. Randy currently resides in Caledonia, WI with his son, Ben, who attends public schools like his dad. Randy joined the race for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District in Summer 2017.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.

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