The 40-word solution

H.R. 4972 is a beautifully crafted 40-word solution;

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is gathering signatures on a discharge petition that would force a vote on his bill, HR 4972.

The bill currently offers the most practical solution to repeal Obamacare. At only 40 words, the language is simple:

"Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, such Act is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted."

But as expected, House Democrats have tied up the legislation in committee to avoid voting on it before the fall elections.

The discharge petition: 170 signatures and counting

To maneuver around this political obstacle, Rep. King has launched a discharge petition. As of August 10, he had gathered 170 signatures from various House members. He needs a total of 218 to force a vote on the House floor.

As Rep. King notes on his website:

"Efforts to repeal the deeply unpopular Obamacare bill continue to gather momentum. We now have 170 members of the House of Representatives on record calling for full repeal of Obamacare, including Republican Leader Boehner, Republican Whip Cantor and GOP Conference Chairman Pence. I expect these numbers to continue to swell."

So where does your member of Congress stand?

To view a complete list of signatures, click here. If your member of Congress still hasn't signed, write, call, fax, or e-mail asking him or her to sign the petition today.

Remember, there is no way to "improve" Obamacare, despite promises from those in congress. The law is too big, too complicated and too destructive.

Just look at this video and implementation chart at healthtransformation.net. Does this look like something that can be fixed at the margins?

Repealing Obamacare and replacing it with common-sense health reforms that improve health and healthcare delivery, increase access through lowering costs, protect life-saving medical innovations, dramatically reduce healthcare fraud and making effective use of health information technology is the real reform we need.

PLEASE, contact your member of Congress today.