Ranking Republican Cole: ‘This is One-Size-Fits-All, Government-Run Health Care’
At the conclusion of today's hearing in the
During his remarks, Cole pointed out the issue of cost for the one-size-fits-all, government-run health plan proposed by the
We heard all about the majority's highest priority this
It'll take plans away from 173 million Americans and give them something they may or may not want and something they may or may not be willing to pay for.
As we heard from
Cole also expressed concern about the already at-risk Medicare program:
Most disturbingly, I think today's hearing made clear that Medicare for All would put the current Medicare system at risk. If we force doctors and hospitals to take lower payments, we run the risk of pushing them out of the industry entirely, thus making it impossible for current Medicare beneficiaries - who paid into this program for a lifetime - to receive health care. In my home district, rural hospitals rely on higher reimbursement rates from private insurance to offset the lower reimbursement rates from Medicare patients. If these hospitals were to only be reimbursed at Medicare rates, most of them quite frankly would close.
Cole concluded his remarks by pointing out the last time
Though I think the
And while it's always fashionable to want to do a once-and-for-all comprehensive bill, we went through that with the ACA. And with all due respect to my friends, I heard phrases like 'if you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor' or 'if you like the plan you have, you can keep it.' And finally, 'your insurance payments are going to decline by
So count me as skeptical that a new one-size-fits-all system will achieve the objectives that its advocates have laid out with such optimism and such hope.
Again, it's worth discussing for sure. I would hope in the meantime though, we do what everybody here agreed we ought to do in addition to looking at this - which I have no objection to. That we actually focus on smaller steps that we know can become law. That we know can actually happen. I look forward to working with my good friends on the other side of aisle and certainly with you,
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Excerpts of those remarks are below, and full video clip is available here (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__house.us13.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D87e7035c198b81d5cf7f74fb7-26id-3D17c8f8a657-26e-3Defdf9a2291&d=DwMFaQ&c=L93KkjKsAC98uTvC4KvQDdTDRzAeWDDRmG6S3YXllH0&r=imMsoG62sNTSh8AXrROCNR4MlFrGJlHGptCkRbg4u7A&m=2b73fTceUtM7waAv2xckX81qxDnUtU05cdNn1rhaJrc&s=E0-bQleEmDRLVfw4Nnqaa7-MZ99y9gLnFhrMwHT3G3g&e=).
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