All three of Iowa’s Republican congressmen voted for the health care bill that passed in the U-S House Thursday afternoon. Fourth District Congressman Steve King and former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachman were the first Republicans in congress to introduce bills seven years ago that called for repeal of the Affordable Care Act. King says this shouldn’t be represented as full repeal of Obamacare, because he says it is not. King invited Bachman onto the House floor with him to press the “yes” button together.

He’s satisfied with most of the elements of the bill that passed the House: “Its the package that repeals significant components of Obamacare, puts some pieces in place that are closer to free market, not as free market as I would like…what they do is they satisfied most peoples concerns and stretched other people’s concerns to the absolute limit,” King says.

King says “Obamacare” has collapsed and many of the companies that provided policies have dropped out of the program. He says the bill will save taxpayers money: He says the bill will cut taxes by 999 BILLION dollars in 10 years, cuts spending by one-point-one-five TRILLION dollars, which he says is a 151 BILLION dollar deficit reduction, while it eliminates the employer mandate and eliminates the individual mandate.

The lone Democrat in Iowa’s congressional delegation, Dave Loebsack, voted against the bill as did all House Democrats. The bill passed the House 217-213, and now goes to the Senate.

(Radio Iowa)