--- title: Obamacare Replacement: Mark Walker Says He'll Vote Against description: Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) said he would not vote for an Obamacare replacement bill, according to a statement on Twitter canonical: https://time.com/4685050/mark-walker-obamacare-replacement-affordable-care-act/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T00:02:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:33:47.422Z article:section: Politics og:title: A Top Republican Said He'd Vote Against the GOP's Obamacare Replacement Bill og:description: "I cannot vote for the bill," Rep. Mark Walker said og:url: https://time.com/4685050/mark-walker-obamacare-replacement-affordable-care-act/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7448707ad737087/6988bc44bc6cfc3f2e3e0531/mark_walker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: Rep. 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Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Feb 28, 2017 12:02 AM UTC Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) said he would not vote for an Obamacare replacement bill, according to a [statement](https://twitter.com/RepMarkWalker) on Twitter. “There are serious problems with what appears to be our current path to repeal and replace Obamacare. The draft legislation, which was leaked last week, risks continuing major [Obamacare](http://time.com/money/4683899/watch-john-oliver-explain-everything-wrong-with-the-plan-to-repeal-obamacare/) entitlement expansion and delays any reforms. It kicks the can down the road in the hopes that a future Congress will have the political will and fiscal discipline to reduce spending that this Congress apparently lacks,” he said. Walker, chair of the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) continued: “The bill contains what increasingly appears to be a new heath insurance entitlement with a Republican stamp on it. In that form and absent of substantial changes, I cannot vote for the bill, and, in good conscience, cannot recommend RSC Members to vote for it either.” > [](https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/836348820460027904) His comments come after after a leaked draft of a Republican Obamacare replacement plan circulated last week. 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