John Rice Carter: “ObamaCare was packed full of provisions that took power and healthcare choices away from the American people. One of the…”

“ObamaCare was packed full of provisions that took power and healthcare choices away from the American people. One of the most egregious examples of ObamaCare's overreach is the Independent Payment Advisory Board, IPAB. The architects of ObamaCare designed the IPAB as a panel of 15 unelected and unaccountable people who were tasked with making arbitrary cuts to Medicare after a certain level of spending is reached. Mr. Speaker, the American people elected Congress to make decisions on healthcare policy, and I know my constituents agree that Medicare is too important to be left in the hands of unaccountable people. The IPAB would take an ax to Medicare spending, adversely affecting untold numbers of vulnerable seniors, instead of allowing Congress to implement patient-centered reforms that increase value to seniors and lowers cost. The IPAB approach would lead to rationing healthcare, which would put bureaucrats--bureaucrats, not doctors--in charge of deciding what procedures folks would receive through Medicare. Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve thoughtful and deliberative decisions by their elected officials, and that is why I support repealing the IPAB, and I ask my colleagues to join me in doing so.”