Young Statement on Increased 2017 Health Insurance Premiums

Statement

Iowa Congressman David Young released the following statement after the administration confirmed the cost of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care law will rise 30.1 percent on average in Iowa in 2017:

"As I travel and meet with Iowans in the Third District, I constantly hear from folks about how the promises of President Obama's health care law have become a reality of failure at the expense of hardworking Americans.

"It is rare that a day goes by without a frustrated Iowan showing me cancellation letters from their insurance plans or bills showing how their monthly insurance premiums now match the same monthly cost of their mortgage payments.

"The current one-size-fits-all, bureaucratic approach to our health care system isn't working for too many American families and the problems are only going to get worse.

"I have voted to repeal the ACA health care law in order to replace it with patient-centered solutions which are truly affordable. Iowans and all Americans deserve lower cost, higher quality health care, and solutions which put health care decisions back into the hands of patients and doctors. We must give folks across the country greater choices when it comes to the health of their families."

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