I support repealing and replacing Obamacare with a more free-market system, while keeping parts of Obamacare that make sense, like protecting coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions.
Support repealing and replacing Obamacare with a more free-market health care system while preserving coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
Occurrences
Evidence
Grothman's official House issue page says he supports repealing and replacing Obamacare with a more free-market system while keeping protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
Grothman said he voted to repeal and replace Obamacare with the American Health Care Act and stated that the bill still covered pre-existing conditions.
The House passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, by recorded vote 217-213 on May 4, 2017.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 1628 had the status 'Passed House' and lists the latest action in the Senate as hearings held on September 25, 2017, indicating it never became law.
Assessments
Grothman supported and voted for the American Health Care Act in 2017, which was a serious legislative attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare while he argued it preserved protections for people with pre-existing conditions. However, the bill passed only the House, stalled in the Senate, and did not become law. Because the promised repeal-and-replace outcome was not enacted, the promise was not fulfilled despite concrete effort.