Obamacare must be repealed, and our healthcare system significantly reformed in order to bring down the cost of individual health care.
Repeal Obamacare and significantly reform the health care system.
Occurrences
We must enact free market reforms in order to increase competition among health insurance companies... We must also have medical malpractice reform
Medicare and Medicaid are important programs that we must preserve and to do that, we must address the systematic problems facing both programs.
Evidence
H.R.114 was introduced in the House on 01/03/2025 with the official title “To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.” The summary states that it would repeal the ACA and related 2010 reconciliation law effective at the beginning of FY2026.
Rouzer’s current health-care page says Congress must enact reforms that lower costs, improve quality, and strengthen accessibility, and calls for a framework for competition and transparency. It does not claim Obamacare was repealed or that the health-care system was significantly overhauled.
Rouzer introduced H.R. 6539, the STORM Act, to authorize FEMA to use online platforms to connect health care workers with disaster-affected communities. The release frames it as a way to speed medical response and improve access during disasters.
House floor debate in January 2026 included a Republican argument that Americans should not be “replacing ObamaCare with Republican nothing care,” and described repeated Republican repeal efforts. This reflects continuing partisan efforts but does not show enacted repeal or a successful broad replacement.
Rouzer supported House passage of H.R. 3762, described as repealing major provisions of Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood. The release says it was a step toward repeal and reduction in spending, but it is an old, pre-2026 action and not evidence of final repeal.
Rouzer said the House had acted to reverse seven years of health-care policy by repealing as much of Obamacare as allowable under reconciliation and described a three-step replacement plan including deregulation and later bills for additional reform.
Assessments
The promise had two major components: repeal Obamacare and significantly reform the health care system. The evidence shows Rouzer materially supported and publicly backed repeal efforts, including prior House repeal votes and the 2025 introduction of H.R. 114 to fully repeal the ACA. That demonstrates serious legislative effort. However, the record provided does not show enactment of ACA repeal or a significant completed overhaul of the health care system. More recent health-care activity cited for Rouzer is narrow disaster-response legislation, not broad repeal-and-replace delivery. Under the rule for serious attempts that fail, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.