LITTLE: DON'T JUST GIVE WAIVERS, REPEAL THE DARN THING

For Immediate Release

October 8, 2010

Contact: Susan Barry
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Anna C. Little for Congress, Inc.


LITTLE: DON'T JUST GIVE WAIVERS, REPEAL THE DARN THING

(HIGHLANDS, October 8) - Republican Congressional challenger Anna Little - responding to news reports indicating that major employers like McDonalds are receiving waivers from the Obama Administration to keep them from dropping health insurance for their employees - today reiterated her determination to fight in Congress to repeal Obamacare.

"When Nancy Pelosi and Frank Pallone succeeded in jamming through their government takeover of healthcare back in the Spring, we predicted that it wouldn't be long before major insurers threatened to drop out of markets and major employers threatened to drop their employee coverage," said Little. "Sadly, the law hasn't even been on the books for a year, and already those predictions are coming to pass.

"According to a report in Wednesday's New York Times, companies like McDonalds are telling the Obama Administration that the new regulations are simply too costly and too complicated to implement, and that unless they get a waiver from the regulations, they'll be forced to drop health insurance coverage for their employees," Little continued. "The Administration's response? Grant the waivers.

"That's terrific for McDonalds. But what about all the hundreds of thousands of other businesses, large and small, that don't have the clout or the name ID McDonalds has? What about them? They're going to have to live with the regulations - or drop their coverage. And that would force even more Americans to leave their doctors, and apply for coverage in some government-controlled insurance pool. That's just wrong.

"Remember, Frank Pallone said this is HIS bill. 'This is not Obama's bill. This isn't Nancy Pelosi's bill. It's MY bill,' he famously said.

"I wonder what is Frank's solution? Because my solution is simple - don't give waivers, just repeal the darn thing.

"Remember, you cannot change Washington without changing the people we send to Washington!"

You can read the full New York Times report here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/business/07insure.html?_r=2&ref=business