Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S., is serving his sixth term in Congress as the Representative from Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District. First elected in 2010, he came to Congress with no prior political experience. Paul believes that the Constitution is the cornerstone of our Republic, and always pursues policies that allow for more individual liberty and less government involvement.
Dr. Gosar is focused on bringing jobs back to the district, fighting illegal immigration and securing the border, challenging the status quo and holding Washington bureaucrats accountable, cutting wasteful government spending, and ensuring that he is representing the interests of his constituents.
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Before coming to Washington to be your member of Congress, I owned and operated a dental practice in Northern Arizona for more than 25 years. Serving the community as a health care provider, both by practicing and interacting with other doctors and physicians throughout Arizona, I learned the best health care is not only focused on preventative services, but based in the local community. America needs health care reform to lower costs, increase access, and enhance patient choice, and as your Congressman, I am committed to reform that is both patient-centered and market-based. That is why I strongly oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as "Obamacare". Instead of responding to American’s calls for greater choice and more affordable options in the health insurance, President Obama’s colossal overhaul of the American health care system delivered a growing list of 20,000 pages of regulations that restrict choice, drive up insurance premiums and put more bureaucracy between you and your doctor. The ACA is a maze of bureaucratic red tape, massive tax increases, handouts, and sweetheart deals for certain big corporations at the expense of others. It is the opposite of what America needs to fix its healthcare system. Since the Obama's bill was signed into law, the full implications of the Act are becoming more evident, and there is increasing bipartisan opposition to it. The mandates and regulations included in this law have driven insurance companies out of the market and put millions of Americans at risk of losing their private individual health insurance. At least 4.7 million cancellations went out, despite repeated claims from President Obama that “If you like your healthcare, you can keep your healthcare. Period.” I continue to hear from countless constituents about how they are losing their healthcare plans, and are being forced onto the ACA exchanges with higher costs for them and their families. I support a full repeal of the ACA and believe we must create a system which empowers patients to be in control of their health care, not one that empowers government bureaucrats. One of my first votes as a member of Congress in 2011 was in favor of H.R. 2, which sought to repeal the ACA in its entirety. Since then, I have voted 57 more times to fully repeal or defund various provisions of the law. Some may ask “Why this relentless effort against Obamacare?” It is because this law truly is a quagmire of bureaucracy that is poorly written, ill-conceived, and very costly to the average American. As your Congressman, I will continue to work toward full-repeal of the ACA. In addition to full-repeal of Obamacare, our nation needs leaders who are working towards finding solutions to create a health care system that actually works for America. This is why I have championed several reform proposals to address our health care woes. |