Scalise statement on Obamacare enrollment “deadline”

Washington, D.C. – RSC Chairman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement on the last day to sign up for President Obama’s health care law.

“Judgment day has arrived for President Obama’s health care law, and yet the self-proclaimed ‘most transparent administration’ still hasn’t released figures to the public showing how many enrollees have actually made a premium payment or were previously uninsured,” Scalise said. “President Obama has twisted and bent his health care law through more than 20 delays in an effort to minimize the political damage in an election year. Those efforts culminated earlier this month with an announcement that the administration would implement the honor system and not impose penalties against those who claim they tried to enroll before the deadline. Every one of the Administration’s unilateral delays is a tacit admission that the President’s health care law is unworkable while failing to deliver on the promises that were made to help get it passed. President Obama’s health care law has failed millions of American families who want immediate relief from the devastating effects of this law, not more time to come around to the idea of government-run health care.”