Obama vetoes health bill repeal

The Hill reports:

President Obama on Friday vetoed legislation that would repeal much of ObamaCare, the first such measure to reach his desk since it became law in 2010.

Obama used his veto pen without fanfare on a legislative package rolling back his signature healthcare law and stripping federal funding from Planned Parenthood.
In a lengthy message to Congress, Obama said repealing the law would reverse improvements made in improving the nation’s healthcare system.

“Because of the harm this bill would cause to the health and financial security of millions of Americans, it has earned my veto,” the president wrote.

Obama noted that congressional Republicans have attempted to roll back the law more than 50 times, all to no avail.

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