Do You Want the GOP-Led Congress to Attempt a Final Repeal of Obamacare?

What’s the story?

• Following a Texas-led lawsuit that could eradicate the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is calling for Congress to end or severely weaken Obamacare.

“Obamacare has been driving up premiums and hurting the people of Texas,” Cruz recently said. “It is long past time for Congress to address that directly.”

What is Cruz suggesting?

• With Democrats set to take the House in January, Cruz has been pushing his Republican colleagues to get as much done as possible. Last month, Cruz “urged GOP colleagues in a closed-door policy meeting to make changes to Obamacare he said would help people better afford insurance in his state,” wrote the Star-Telegram.

“We have five more weeks with unified control of both houses of Congress, and I think we should be working tirelessly to deliver real results,” Cruz said in an interview.

• Cruz suggested the use of “reconciliation” – an obscure budget tool – to make such changes to Obamacare as ending the law’s employer mandate. The Texas senator also wants to expand health savings accounts.

“I made that case to my colleagues emphatically because the Democratic obstruction we’re seeing right now, that handwriting was on the wall,” Cruz said of his push to use reconciliation.

What do you think?

Should Republicans make a final push to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act? Should they use budget reconciliation? Take action above, then share your thoughts below.

—Josh Herman

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