President and CEO Jimmy Sengenberger expresses concern over future of life under Obamacare, renews call for ‘Piecemeal Repeal’

Denver, Colo. - Jimmy Sengenberger, 26, President and CEO of the Millennial Policy Center, a Denver, Colorado-based think tank program, released the following statement on the current failure of congressional Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare:

“The inability of Senate Republicans to unite behind the essential effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act – whether through the BCRA or a straight-repeal approach – represents a failure of leadership on a crucial issue of our time. And as a Millennial who does not have and cannot afford health insurance, I am disappointed in today’s developments.

In a statement on March 24, the day the original AHCA failed in the House, we said what is once again true today: ‘Unfortunately, it is now officially an Obamacare world, and we all just live in it…Policymakers may instead need to look to #PiecemealRepeal; that is, repealing and replacing Obamacare in a piecemeal fashion that blunts the blow of the death spiral on Americans by chipping away at and replacing many of the law’s crushing provisions.

As our healthcare team proposes in our recently-released policy paper, there are a number of necessary reforms to our nation’s healthcare system that will lower costs, increase access to care, and boost quality. Although we favor completely repealing and replacing the ACA, taking a step-by-step approach to revitalizing our nation’s healthcare system seems to be the one way to make a real impact in the new political climate.

We hope policymakers will continue to look for ways to rollback and eliminate Obamacare’s onerous regulations and mandates, level the playing field for individuals and small businesses compared with large corporations, and promote a patient-centered and consumer-driven marketplace, even if it means doing so in a piecemeal fashion. There should be no doubt that the ACA has dealt a crushing blow to millions of Americans. It’s time to regroup, restrategize, and revitalize our nation’s healthcare system.’”

The Millennial Policy Center, a program of the nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit Liberty Day Institute, seeks to offer practical, principled solutions to our nation’s policy challenges, with an emphasis on reaching out to and representing the Millennial Generation (born 1981-1998).

For more information visit www.MillennialPolicyCenter.org.

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