Illinois Republican Party

Kirk vows if elected he will work to repeal health care bill if it passes
3/18/2010

By John Chase - Chicago Tribune

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk says that if voters choose him this fall, he'll lead the effort to repeal the health care bill should it become law.

The five-term North Shore congressman argues that tax increases and Medicaid cuts would come first under the legislation and that citizens wouldn't see any benefits until 2014.

"All of the pain of the bill is upfront, and all of the gain is later," Kirk said, according to an audio recording the Tribune obtained of a GOP event in Winnetka on Friday. "If we move to repeal this bill in 2013, all you're doing is removing the pain and not a single American would have benefited from it yet. And so, as your senator, I would lead the effort, if it passes, to repeal this bill."

Kirk spokesman Eric Elk said the congressman's remarks "reflect the concerns of many Americans that the current health care bill would chart an unsustainable fiscal course for our country resulting in higher debt, more taxes and fewer jobs."

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

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