“Republicans should be offering a full and immediate repeal of Obamacare’s taxes, regulations, and mandates, an end to the Medicaid expansion, and inclusion of free-market reforms, like interstate competition," said Club for Growth president David McIntosh. | AP Club for Growth opposes GOP Obamacare replacement

The Club for Growth will oppose the House Republican’s Obamacare replacement bill and pressure Republicans to vote against it.

The ultraconservative outside group, known for keeping scorecards gauging how conservative Republicans are, said it would "key vote" the bill, which it dubbed “RyanCare.” A statement by Club for Growth president David McIntosh said “the problems with this bill are not just what’s in it, but also what’s missing: namely, the critical free-market solution of selling health insurance across state lines.”


“Such an injection of competition would lead to hundreds of billions of dollars in savings, nullifying any argument by Congressional Republicans that this provision cannot be included in the current bill,” the statement read. “If this warmed-over substitute for government-run health care remains unchanged, the Club for Growth will key vote against it.”

McIntosh added: “Republicans should be offering a full and immediate repeal of Obamacare’s taxes, regulations, and mandates, an end to the Medicaid expansion, and inclusion of free-market reforms, like interstate competition.”

