McConnell on Reported Resignation of Secretary Sebelius
April 10, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement tonight on the reported resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the President's reported pick to nominate as her successor Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell:
“It’s fitting that nearly one year after the primary legislative architect of Obamacare predicted it would be a train wreck that the government official most responsible for overseeing it reportedly is resigning. Regardless of the administration’s public explanation for the Secretary’s exit, Obamacare has been a rolling disaster and her resignation is cold comfort to the millions of Americans who were deceived about what it would mean for them and their families. Countless Americans have unexpectedly been forced out of the plans they had and liked, are now shouldering dramatically higher premiums, and can no longer use the doctors and hospitals they choose. Beyond that, virtually everyone who has come into contact with this law has had new reason to worry about what it means for the government to control their health care. Secretary Sebelius may be leaving, but the problems with this law and the impact it’s having on our constituents aren’t. Obamacare has to go, too.
"Reportedly, Ms. Burwell will be nominated to lead one of the most important jobs in government. And I hope this is the start of a candid conversation about Obamacare’s short-comings and the need to protect Medicare for today’s seniors, their children and their grandchildren."
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