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Rep. Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement today after voting in favor of the “Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act of 2017,” which repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) of the Affordable Care Act, also known as death panels:
 
“Repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board from the ACA is a huge step in the right direction. If your car has engine trouble, should you be forced to get permission from the local Department of Motor Vehicles before you have it fixed? Of course not - you go to a mechanic you choose and have it repaired. So, why should any American have to rely on a federal bureaucracy to determine which of their health care issues may be treated and which may not? But, that is precisely the situation many Americans will face if Congress does not stop the implementation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board mandated by Obamacare. Today, the House voted to pass H.R. 849, which repeals these ‘death panels’ and, if passed by the Senate, will end this egregious encroachment on personal freedom.”  
 
Background:
·       H.R. 849, the “Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act of 2017,” repeals the Affordable Care Act’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB would give authority to 15 unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats to make unilateral decisions regarding cuts to America’s Medicare program).
 
·       If IPAB were to go into effect, Congress would have limited power to make modifications to spending cuts approved by the IPAB, thereby reducing seniors’ access to quality care.
 
Read the full text of H.R. 849 HERE.