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As a physician who cared for thousands of uninsured patients and families in Louisiana, I believe Congress must do more to expand access to affordable health-insurance coverage. More importantly, we must address skyrocketing health costs. Otherwise, more people will lose their coverage and find it harder to get needed care quickly in a government-run plan.
Some experts want to reduce costs by handing personal medical decisions to Washington bureaucrats. Instead, we should empower individuals to limit costs by allowing more and better choices among competing private health-insurance plans.
Americans deserve more freedom to save tax free for future medical needs and to identify and choose health providers who will give them the best value. Doctors and hospitals need better information and incentives to improve treatment outcomes, limit waste, reduce waiting times and improve patient satisfaction. Too often, government-run plans get a failing grade in this area.
Unfortunately, President Obama’s new health-care law increases health costs, according to the Congressional Budget Office. It pushes millions of patients into government-run Medicaid, where patients struggle to find a doctor. It also imposes more than a half-trillion dollars in job-killing taxes on our economy, and raids Medicare to fund other programs.
As a Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, I will continue working to protect the doctor-patient relationship by repealing and replacing the 2010 health law with commonsense, affordable solutions. I've voted to repeal, replace, and dismantle Obamacare almost 40 times. Please continue to stay involved and engaged by following me on Facebook.
I depend on your input as I continue working on this issue. If you would like to speak with my staff about health-care legislation, please contact my Washington, D.C. office at 202-225-2031.
Below are links to press releases and op-eds I've written to show you where I stand on today's healthcare issues. Please feel free to click on the links and read them.
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Boustany: "Obamacare overpromised and now under delivers!"
9/25/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services released its estimated 2014 premiums for states with Obamacare Exchanges:< Read more > -
Boustany Votes to Fully Defund Obamacare While Keeping Government Spending Levels in Check
9/25/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after voting in favor of a continuing resolution, H.J. Res. 59, defunding Obamacare while keeping current federal spending levels in c< Read more > -
Boustany: Members of Congress Should Not Be Shielded from Obamacare
9/18/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after cosponsoring legislation, H.R. 3067, disqualifying Members of Congress from receiving Obamacare subsidies toward the purchase of< Read more > -
Boustany Protects Taxpayer with Support of Obamacare Oversight
9/12/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2775, the No Subsidies Without Verification Act, earlier today:< Read more > -
Boustany Challenges House Budget Committee Chairman to State Reasons for Opposing Veterans' Medical Clinics
9/10/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after sending a letter to Chairman Paul Ryan of the House Committee on the Budget about military veterans' medical access problems:< Read more > -
Boustany: Harmed Veterans Deserve a Personal Visit from VA Secretary Shinseki
8/27/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after learning U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Erik Shinseki plans to tour New Orleans VA medical facilities without visi< Read more > -
Boustany Urges House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman to Face Lafayette and Lake Charles Veterans
8/16/13(Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany issued the following statement after discovering House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller plans to visit the New Orleans VA Medical Facility Construction Site on August 19. Boustany sen< Read more > -
Boustany: Obamacare set to collapse under its own weight
8/13/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after The New York Times reported the White House granted insurance companies a "one-year grace period" in order to comply with Obamaca< Read more > -
Boustany Stands Strong Against Obamacare Yet Again
8/2/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 2009, the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act, earlier today:< Read more > -
Boustany Continues Fight for Healthcare Rights of Nation's Veterans
8/2/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after introducing H.R. 2913, the Veterans' Local Access Act, in addition to writing a letter to Congressional leadership fighting f< Read more > -
Boustany Supports Defunding Obamacare
7/19/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after recently signing legislation, H.R. 2682, to defund Obamacare: "Today, I am proud to support the defunding of Obamacare's i< Read more > -
Boustany Votes to Delay Both Employer and Individual Mandates
7/18/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after voting to delay the employer and individual mandates, two key provisions (H.R. 2667 and H.R. 2668) of Obamacare aimed at hurting< Read more > -
OPINION: Obamacare - poster child for bad policy.
7/17/13One of my fundamental beliefs serving South Louisiana in Congress is good policy makes for good politics. Good policy is the repeal of Obamacare and I am pleased to be recognized as a leader in the effort to repeal the ill-conceived law. Recent developm< Read more > -
OPINION: Why delay the employer mandate illegally when repealing it is the right policy?
7/10/13After winning the Civil War then becoming President soon after, Ulysses S. Grant said: "I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution." In the case of Obamacare, the current Administration has ch< Read more > -
Boustany Statement on Employer Mandate Hearing
7/10/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held a hearing examining the U.S. Treasury Department's recent announcement t< Read more > -
Boustany Statement on Employer Mandate Delay
7/2/13(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced it will postpone for one year the requirement for businesses to cover their workers under Obam< Read more >