With President Obama still in office, Republicans know repealing the Affordable Care Act is impossible. Instead, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested a piecemeal approach to alter the health care law during a speech Tuesday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce where he outlined the Senate Committee on Finances 2015 agenda.
Were going to continue to strike away at it, piece by piece if we have to, said Hatch, the committees chairman. In addition to legislation Hatch introduced last week to repeal the medical device tax, Hatch said he also plans to re-introduce a bill to repeal the employer mandate. Both are anti-job provisions, he said.
