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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 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. The American people were sold a bill of goods that has proven to be a list of empty promises, and it’s time to undo this harmful law.” 

The House voted to concur with the Senate’s amendment to H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, by a vote of 240-181. The bill now goes to President Obama. 

The legislation would effectively repeal the mandate for individuals to have medical coverage as well as the mandate for employers to offer medical coverage 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 law’s expansion of Medicaid and the annual fee on health insurers.

H.R. 3762 also would bar Planned Parenthood from receiving mandatory federal funds for one year and redirect those funds to 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, mostly from Medicaid, 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. “Fortunately, there are many more options for women's health care. 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.