TOPEKA, KS -- U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today issued the following statement on the resignation of U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius:

“Six months ago I was the first to call on the Secretary to resign for gross incompetence resulting in the failures of the exchange websites,” Roberts said. “This decision by Secretary Sebelius to resign is prudent, but overdue.

“Today, we have more Americans losing the care they like than we have receiving care in the exchange. Obamacare has cost the nation more than a trillion dollars and has created higher premiums, higher taxes, less choice, confusion, delays and problem after problem.

“Unfortunately, the President and his allies in Congress continue to protect this law despite its toll on our economy, patients and providers. A new secretary has been nominated, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, but with Obamacare, nothing will alter. Obamacare is the President’s legacy. The President will unilaterally change what doesn’t work. The march toward socialized medicine will continue.”

Senator Roberts is a member of the two committees with jurisdiction on Obamacare, the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. He is an outspoken opponent of Obamacare.

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