WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins issued the following statement after the House passed the Democrat’s fatally flawed health care bill. The bill passed by a vote of 219-212.
 
“Over the past year, I have worked on and supported a health care reform plan that would bring down costs for families, address the issue of pre-existing conditions and improve availability of care without destroying what works in our current system.
 
“Today, the Democrat Majority took an entirely different approach and one I did not support.  A plan that increases taxes by nearly $570 billion, a plan that cuts Medicare by more than $520 billion, a plan that increases premium costs for many Kansas families by more than $2,100 annually, and a plan that, according to the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is ‘betraying America’s veterans.’
 
“The American people want healthcare reform, but they do not want this bill.
 
“Kansans, and all Americans don’t deserve this.  They deserve much better.”