President Trump made a promise to the American people that he would repeal and replace ObamaCare. He fulfilled his end of the bargain,but Congress has yet to follow suit.

Republicans and Democrats can agree that ObamaCare has been a complete disaster since its 2010 inception, but it seems that congressional Democrats are more interested in rejecting anything that comes out of the White House rather than helping the American people. They know that premiums, taxes and costs have skyrocketed, but they would rather play politics that pass a solution.

Americans dont need politics as usual. They need a united Congress to support the president, the White House and a better plan for American families, businesses and seniors.

Families and individuals aren't the only ones suffering. Businesses are getting hit hard as well. A small business that employs around 20 or so people, the company and its employees are paying twice what they paid for health insurance less than two years ago, and on top of that, they are receiving less for it.

This is not limited to New York. Everywhere across our nation, people are facing the negative effects of ObamaCare. On top of the problems consumers face, health insurers participating in the ObamaCare exchanges havedeclinedby 24 percent since last year. The number has dropped from 287 insurers to 218, and it seems to be declining even more every single week. So not only is ObamaCare putting the states themselves in a difficult position, it is leaving the American people with little to no choice.

Within Congress, it seems that only Republicans are interested in moving forward with legislation to eliminate ObamaCare, while Democrats are refusing to participate. Yet even a former advisor to President Obama and one of the original ObamaCare architects, Ezekiel Emanuel,statedthis month that the law absolutely needs to be fixed. "Any corporation that would do a massive change like this would make constant adjustments," Emanuel noted. "Because of the paralysis in Congress, we haven't been able to make the adjustments."

Unfortunately, it's beginning to look likecongressional Democrats dont care about helping the American people as much as they care about fighting the White House.If President Trump said dogs barked and cats meowed, congressional Democrats could be counted on to say the opposite. If they want to persuade voters that they're motivated by anything other than anti-Trump vitriol, they would be well-advised to get on board with passing solutions to the mess wrought by ObamaCare.

JuanPablo Andrade is an advisor on President Trump'sHispanicAdvisory Council and National Diversity Coalition and a spokesman forAmerica First Policies, a pro-Trump nonprofit organization.

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