{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://tiberi.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395080", "Tiberi in USA TODAY: Obamacare must be repealed & replaced with a patient-centered system", "2016-12-19", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Pat Tiberi", "T000462", "tiberi.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Tiberi Op-Ed in USA Today: Obamacare must be repealed and replaced with a patient-centered system.\r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      Key: \"Obamacare must be repealed and replaced with a patient-centered system with high-quality and affordable care. Right now Obamacare\u2019s taxes \u2014 taxes on employers, individuals, providers and innovators \u2014 are driving up costs and limiting choices.\"It is proof that putting government at the center of care just doesn\u2019t work. That is why Republicans will move to eliminate these burdensome government mandates and give people the freedom to choose the care that fits their needs.\"\u00a0Read the full op-ed below and on USATODAY.com.--The following op-ed by Congressman Pat Tiberi appeared in today\u2019s USA TODAY:Every day I hear from Ohioans and families nationwide who are paying higher premiums, losing access to their doctors, and paying more for less quality care under Obamacare.My colleagues and I are listening to these stories, but you also don\u2019t need to look any further than the pages of USA TODAY to find evidence of Obamacare\u2019s broken promises.Here are just two recent examples:On Oct. 24, USA TODAY reported that more than one in five customers using Health\u00accare.gov to shop for a plan would \u201conly have one insurer from which to choose coverage.On Nov. 1, USA TODAY reported that \u201cconsumers in some parts of the country are bracing for huge rate hikes.\u201dObamacare must be repealed and replaced with a patient-centered system with high-quality and affordable care. Right now Obamacare\u2019s taxes \u2014 taxes on employers, individuals, providers and innovators \u2014 are driving up costs and limiting choices.It is proof that putting government at the center of care just doesn\u2019t work. That is why Republicans will move to eliminate these burdensome government mandates and give people the freedom to choose the care that fits their needs.To implement these reforms, we will take a deliberate, step-by-step approach to deliver solutions that will give more flexibility to states, eliminate the onerous tax hikes in Obamacare and make health insurance portable so that patients and families, not the federal government, can be in charge of their own care.When I was in high school growing up in Columbus, Ohio, my dad lost his job. As a result, we lost our health care plan. I know firsthand the uncertainty and anxiety families feel, especially for the more than 20,000 people who woke up one day with no coverage of their own because Obamacare\u2019s co-op collapsed in my state.Americans deserve a system that provides the flexible and affordable coverage they need without fear of it collapsing under its own weight.There is a better way than Obamacare, and Republicans plan to deliver.Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, is chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://tiberi.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395080"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.662515103816986, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}