If I am elected, I will vote to repeal this law and replace it with reforms that will preserve the best parts of the American healthcare system while addressing the problems of access and affordability.
If elected, Crawford will vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with reforms that improve care, access, and costs.
Occurrences
Re-implement the prohibition on excluding people from insurance plans based on pre-existing conditions.
Allow individuals who purchase their own health insurance the same tax benefits enjoyed by employers who provide health insurance.
Expand options for purchasing low-cost healthcare by creating new pooling mechanisms.
Allow individuals, businesses, and other groups to purchase insurance plans that fit their particular needs across state lines.
Include real medical malpractice reforms.
Implement prepayment verification measures for Medicare reimbursement.
Force hospitals and clinics to post the costs of procedures, drugs, and medical devices on-line.
Evidence
If I am elected, I will vote to repeal this law and replace it with reforms that will preserve the best parts of the American healthcare system while addressing the problems of access and affordability.
Vote Question: On Passage. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act. Status: Passed. Crawford, Republican, Arkansas, Aye.
Vote Question: On Passage. To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Status: Passed. Crawford, Republican, Arkansas, Aye.
Assessments
Crawford promised in the 2010 federal House campaign that, if elected, he would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with reforms improving care, access, and costs. After taking office in January 2011, he voted aye on House ACA repeal measures in 2011 and 2012, directly satisfying the repeal-vote portion of the pledge during the same term. However, the evidence does not show that an ACA repeal-and-replace package was enacted or that the promised replacement reforms improving care, access, and costs were delivered. This merits partial credit for materially advancing the repeal component, not full delivery of the combined repeal-and-replace outcome.
Crawford won the 2010 federal House race and, during the resulting term, voted for House bills to repeal the Affordable Care Act, directly satisfying the repeal-vote portion of the pledge. The available evidence does not show that he delivered an enacted ACA replacement with reforms improving care, access, and costs, and the repeal measures did not become the promised final policy outcome. Because he materially advanced the promise through serious House votes but only completed part of the pledge, partial credit is appropriate.