I will continue to advocate for repealing this board made of Washington bureaucrats who are not elected to the position on the panel.
Continue advocating for repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board in the healthcare law.
Occurrences
Evidence
Rogers wrote that he was "fighting to repeal" IPAB and said, "I will continue to advocate for repealing this board."
The enacted text states: "REPEAL OF THE INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD" and provides that section 1899A of the Social Security Act "is repealed."
Rogers said he was fighting to repeal IPAB and would continue advocating to repeal the board.
Congress.gov states H.R.1190 passed the House and would repeal ACA sections related to establishment of the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
On passage of the Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015, the bill passed 244-154 and Rogers (AL) voted Yea.
Congress.gov shows H.R.1892 became Public Law 115-123; section 52001 repealed section 1899A of the Social Security Act, the IPAB provision.
The House vote on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 passed 240-186; Rogers (AL) voted Aye.
Assessments
Rogers promised in the 2012 federal House context to continue advocating for repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board. After that campaign, he remained in office, voted for a 2015 House IPAB repeal bill, and later voted for H.R.1892, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which became Public Law 115-123 and repealed the IPAB provision. Because the promised advocacy continued and the policy outcome was enacted in a later congressional term with Rogers voting for the final measure, the promise counts as delivered with later_term timing.
Rogers explicitly pledged in 2012 to "continue to advocate" for repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board and publicly stated he was "fighting to repeal" it (primary evidence of advocacy). The policy goal—formal repeal of IPAB (section 1899A of the Social Security Act)—was achieved later when the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 repealed IPAB. There is no clear evidence he sponsored the repeal legislation, but his stated and public advocacy aligns with the pledged action and the statutory repeal was ultimately enacted, so the promise is adjudicated as delivered with later-term timing.
The promise was to continue advocating for repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, not necessarily to single-handedly enact repeal. Rogers made the commitment during the 2012 federal House campaign context and remained in Congress afterward. The IPAB repeal was ultimately enacted in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, after the 2013-2015 term tied to the 2012 election. The supplied evidence shows Rogers publicly advocating repeal in 2012, which satisfies the advocacy component, and the eventual federal repeal means the promised policy direction was delivered later while he was still in office. Because the evidence here establishes advocacy but not that Rogers personally authored or sponsored the enacted repeal vehicle, effort credit is appropriate.