Saving most Americans money on health insurance by repealing the most objectionable sections of the Obamacare law ought to be a priority when the new Congress convenes early next year.

That’s right: For most people, it appears repealing Obamacare would lead to lower health insurance costs.

President Barak Obama and his minions have been touting what they claim will be minor increases expected in the cost of insurance through Obamacare next year. Why, they note, it is expected Obamacare policy premiums will go up by “only” 4-6 percent.

But according to the White House itself, health care costs in general increased by only 3.6 percent last year. Some other sources put the percentage even lower.

Either way, Obamacare insurance costs will be going up by substantially more than the cost of health care itself.

On Election?Day, Obama held a press conference to claim credit for lowering health care cost inflation. He insisted costs for medical treatment have gone down as a result of his law.

It just isn’t true. Health care inflation has been dropping steadily since 2003, when it stood at about 7 percent a year.

As a matter of fact – again, according to the White House’s own numbers – health care inflation has risen since 2011, when it was only about 1 percent annually.

Until Obamacare was enacted, the private sector was well on its way to getting health care costs under control. Now, in part because of Obamacare, the trend has reversed.

Obama said it himself: The election was a referendum on his policies. Most Americans have rejected them – and Congress should do so, too.