Tempe AZ- Today, Arizona US Senate Candidate Kelli Ward released the following statement regarding the Senate Healthcare Bill. “We told them NO when it was rammed down the throats of Arizonans. We still tell them NO today. This unconstitutional drain on the taxpayer has got to stop. There is no such thing as "free Federal money" no matter how much the GOPe and the Left want you to believe it. We expanded welfare to healthy, able-bodied, working-age, childless adults. This dilutes the resources available to the truly needy - the people who CANNOT care for themselves. The Dems try to say it is "mean" to stop giving people government handouts - it is mean to take away from those who are unable to care for themselves and give it to those who can, but won't or don't.”Ward continued by saying, “We have a safety net in place. People ARE NOT and WILL NOT "die in the streets" as the Democrats propagandize. We have community health centers and emergency departments to catch people if they fall. We do not need welfare for all. Let's get the government OUT of the subsidy business. Let's let the free market work without the interference of the government or third parties. Costs will go down, quality will go up, access will improve. Obamacare is a failure. Republicans should be BOLD and do what they promised over the last 7+ years - full repeal!”Dr. Ward emphasized that, “In 2017 Jeff has come back to Arizona and told us that there is no appetite for full repeal of the Obamacare disaster in the US Senate. He has been unwilling to be bold and demand what he has campaigned on for over 7 years. As usual, Jeff Flake is too weak to stand up and fight for Arizonans and their healthcare liberty. It's time for a conservative change in DC - Arizona deserves an honest Senator who fights for the will of the people. President Trump needs sound ideas to Make Healthcare Great Again and that is why I am looking forward to getting to the U.S. Senate”Kelli Ward is an osteopathic physician who was elected twice to the Arizona Senate and held John McCain to just 51 percent of the vote in the 2016 U.S. Senate primary. Public polling shows her in a dead heat with Senator Flake in the 2018 primary matchup. Her website is www.kelliward.com