Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement regarding the health care legislation released today by the Obama administration.

“It’s incredible how out of touch the Obama administration has become,” said Congressman Price. “This plan is just another version of the same government takeover of health care that Americans have already stamped ‘reject.’ The President’s approach to health care is wildly unpopular, not because he hasn’t explained it well enough, but because it tramples on Americans’ ability to make their own health care decisions. Remarkably, this plan is even more intrusive than before, relying on government price fixing, a solution always fraught with unintended consequences. A few empty nods to the Republican goal of clamping down on waste, fraud, and abuse doesn’t change the fact that at its core this plan takes power away from patients and gives it to bureaucrats in Washington. The Obama administration is suffering from political delusions if it thinks this is what the American people want.”

“We want to work with the President to craft reforms that will improve access to affordable, quality health care for all Americans. If President Obama simply listened to his countrymen and agreed to start over from scratch, the patient-centered reforms we need would be within reach. One look at the proposal he released today shows that he’s simply ignoring the American people’s call for a new approach. The President says he called this week’s summit to find a bipartisan solution, but bipartisanship doesn’t mean he gets to double down on a government takeover while we’re forced to abandon our principles.”