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WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would dismantle President Obama’s deeply flawed health care law and temporarily cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood.

“The so-called Affordable Care Act has proved to be anything but affordable for North Carolinians, who have faced some of the largest premium increases in the country,” said Foxx. “The simple truth is that the president’s government takeover of our health care system has increased barriers to care, limited patients’ choices and wasted taxpayer dollars. It’s time undo this harmful law.” 

H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, passed the House by a vote of 240-189.

The legislation would rescind the mandates for individuals to have medical coverage and employers to offer it to workers or face penalties. It would eliminate the 2.3 percent tax on medical devices as well as the 40 percent excise tax, known as the “Cadillac” tax, on high-cost employer plans. Additionally the bill would abolish the slush fund that gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services billions of dollars to spend each year with little accountability. It would repeal the requirement for large employers to automatically enroll new full-time employees in coverage they may not want or need.

H.R. 3762 also would bar Planned Parenthood from receiving federal taxpayer dollars for one year and invest that money in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Center (RHCs), which outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics 20 to 1. 

“We all know money is fungible, and the federal funds that Planned Parenthood receives ultimately subsidize their abortion services. No organization that performs divisive practices like abortion, particularly in such a gruesome, profitable manner, should receive taxpayer dollars,” said Foxx. “With more than 13,000 publicly supported locations, Federally Qualified and Rural Health Centers are a better investment for the American people.”

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U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx represents North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District and is the elected Republican Conference Secretary. Dr. Foxx is the chair of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and serves as Vice Chair of the House Rules Committee.