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Rep. Loudermilk (R-GA) supported a bill to relieve Americans who are penalized for having a health care plan through a failed Obamacare co-op. He issued the following statement:

“Not once, not twice, but 37 times President Obama repeated, ‘if you like your health care plan, you can keep it.’ Not only was that statement untrue, but now, as Obamacare co-ops are failing and people are losing their health insurance coverage, citizens are being penalized with unending fees. There’s no logic in coercing people to buy a health care plan, and then punishing them when a bad system fails. That’s why we passed a bill that removes these senseless penalties and bureaucratic hurdles. We are fighting for Americans - for a free-market driven health care system that works and provides good quality care for everyone.”

Background

The Co-Op Consumer Protection Act, H.R. 954, ensures if someone purchases a plan under an Obamacare co-op, and that co-op goes under, they are exempt from the individual mandate penalty for the remainder of the calendar year.