Congressman Dent talks to health care reform

Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent says if he's re-elected he'll push to change the nation's new health care law.

Dent made the pledge Wednesday to members of the Lehigh Valley Coalition for Health Care Reform.

Congressman Dent said the new law will result in loss of jobs, higher taxes and less medical innovation. While he agrees people should have insurance, Dent is looking at another way to provide it.

There are a lot of people with a lot of questions about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

"We decided to have these meetings to try and present more to the public about how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act will affect people directly," said Dr. Christine Bongiorno, chair of the Lehigh Valley Coalition for health care reform.

The Lehigh Valley Coalition for health care reform invited Pennsylvania Congressman Charlie Dent to address some concerns.

Dent says if the bill stays the way it is written Americans could have a lot more problems.

"The law as written is going to explode cost in healthcare, it's going to kill numerous jobs according to the congressional budget office, 800,000 by their estimate," said Dent. "It will add cost, there are over 20 taxes new or higher taxes in the law."

Outside the meeting supporters of the new health care law tried to get people to understand that reforming the law would leave a lot of people without insurance.

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Congressman Dent talks to health care reform