Himes, Murphy defend Affordable Care Act amid challenges from Trump administration
"The president, every week, seems to come up with new and creative ways to try to destabilize the existing healthcare system," said
Murphy, a member of the
While
He described the short-term insurance plans introduced by the Trump administration as "junk" and carrying fewer consumer protections.
Murphy said personal bankruptcies in the
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was passed in 2010 following fierce debate among Congressional lawmakers as well as the general public. While
Dr.
"Is there a long-term plan that the Democratic Party is attempting to put together to address universal healthcare?" Herrick asked.
Murphy said the
"If we spend all of our time designing a health-care system that we can implement once we get control of the House, the
"Medicare is a program that pretty much everybody loves but it also has some very serious long-term sustainability issues," Himes said. "So there's already, given the demographics of the country, very substantial overhang liabilities that have not been funded by the Medicare system."
Under Murphy's plan, those liabilities would be dealt with by pricing Medicare in an actuarially neutral way, Himes said.
"Regardless, of the provider model or the administrator model that we go to, we are still left with this immensely difficult challenge of getting costs under control," Himes added.
"When we see a Medicare patient, we can't provide that service," Glover said. "To me, that's a simple fix, a legislative thing ... saying here are these folks that have the credentials, the credential organizations are established. Why can't they be considered as folks that can provide a service?"
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