RSC Chairman Walker on Discussing Changes to AHCA with President Trump

WASHINGTON – Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Mark Walker (R-N.C.) released the following statement after meeting with President Trump to discuss repealing and replacing Obamacare:

"We appreciate the opportunity to discuss with the president the best ways forward to repeal and replace Obamacare. For over six weeks, we've been working with the White House, House leadership, congressional committees and members of the Republican Study Committee to address conservative concerns and make the bill better for the American people," RSC Chairman Mark Walker said.

"Based on our conversations with the president, several measures to improve the bill will be added in the final product, including:

• Providing states with the option to block grant Medicaid;
• Implementing work requirements for Medicaid recipients who are able-bodied and without dependents; and
• Protecting the unborn by ensuring that tax credits in the bill cannot be used to pay for abortions.

"On balance and with the changes we agreed to in the bill's final text, I can vote for it.

"We will continue working to advocate changes to the bill, and hope the legislation improves in the Senate. At the end of the day," Walker said, "we are all committed to repealing Obamacare."

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