If one thing has become clear over the three years since President Obama's health care law passed Congress, it's that our country can't afford the so-called Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is already raising health care costs and making our economy worse, and it hasn't even been fully implemented yet. It's time to repeal the president's $2.6 trillion law and enact commonsense, step-by-step reforms that will give patients the care they need from the doctor they choose, at a lower cost.

This month marks the second anniversary of the president's so-called Recovery Summer, which his administration touted as the start of an economic recovery brought about by the president's policies. Two years on, however, Americans are still waiting for the promised recovery. Unemployment, which the president's stimulus bill was supposed to prevent from exceeding 8 percent, has not only exceeded 8 percent but has remained above 8 percent for 40 straight months, and finding a job has become so difficult for many people that hundreds of thousands have dropped out of the labor market altogether. The American people are looking to their leaders to create an environment conducive to private-sector job creation and economic growth. The president's policies have just made things worse.