Prior to passage of Obamacare, Americans spoke out against the individual mandate they didnt want to change the health care they had they didnt want a 3,000-page bill that empowered 15 Washington bureaucrats to decide the future of the doctor-patient relationship. – Fred Upton

The national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals. – Fred Upton

Originally created to serve the poorest and sickest among us, the Medicaid program has grown dramatically but still doesnt include the kind of flexibility that states need to provide better health care for the poor and disadvantaged. – Fred Upton