Sen. Barrasso Responds to Sen. Sanders’ Single-Payer Health Care Plan
Today,
"I think it's clear to people all across America that
"Premiums for health insurance are going up by double digits across the country.
"People living in almost half of the country only have one company selling Obamacare plans.
"Millions of people are struggling to get coverage that they can afford, and so that they can get the care that they need.
"It is all because the health care law - that
"Today, the senator from
"They call their plan 'Medicare for all.'
"Don't be fooled.
"I believe that it's not actually a serious plan to fix the health care challenges that we're facing in this country.
"It is now the new litmus test for the liberal left.
"If this idea were to ever become law, it would mean worse care - and it would be outrageously expensive.
"The plan
"Taxpayers would have to pick up the tab.
"Supporters of putting the federal government,
"They like to cite an example of the
"Well, a lot of people in the
"The waiting lines in
"For emergency care, they have more people waiting in line -in the emergency room -12 hours or longer.
"To start treatment for long-term conditions, the number of people having to wait 18 weeks or longer has gone up.
"If
"The problem isn't just the delays.
"If
"The
"In
"It means there are limits on things like knee and hip operations.
"Medical boards in some parts of the country have banned routine surgeries for patients who are obese, or who are smokers.
"How do you think that would that work in
"Close to 40 percent of adults in America are now considered obese.
"Would they all be blocked from getting operations that would help improve their health and their quality of life?
"Only if the rationing board would say so.
"The British have to ration health care partly because of the enormous cost of this so-called 'free' medical care.
"They also have a shortage of people to actually provide the care.
"Since 2016, there's been a net loss of more than 5,000 nurses and midwives across the British health care system.
"More than a quarter of nurses who've quit cited disillusionment over the quality of care provided to patients.
"It's a great concern.
"The
"If you're a woman with breast cancer, or a man with prostate cancer, your chances of survival and successful treatment are much, much greater in
"It's not that the doctors in this country are that much smarter, it's that people get care sooner. They're not on these long waiting lines.
"Now, let's talk about stroke. For the most common kind of stroke, the
"Of course, all of what the
"
"In
"So what they're proposing on health care is double what they pay for everything that the state of
"Last year,
"It would have raised
"To pay for it, he wanted to raise taxes - including higher payroll taxes on workers.
"The problem was, all these new taxes would pay for less than half of the government's new spending.
"The legislation written and cosponsored by
"Remember how
"It turns out the law included more than a dozen taxes on American, working families - certainly including middle class Americans all across the country.
"
"Does anyone really believe that's going to ever happen?
"A lot of people today have the stress of dealing with a problem between their doctor and their insurance company.
"Nothing in the
"The
"You can tell it's not a real plan because when
"In July, the
"Every Republican voted against it - and 43
"
"But not a single senator voted for it - including
"Some of us suspected that this was where the debate over Obamacare was headed all along.
"The health care law, as passed years ago, was so obviously flawed, that there was no way it would work the way
"You had to wonder if
"You can call it the old Potomac two-step.
"When we were debating Obamacare in 2009,
"Today he's taking his shot.
"The Obamacare markets are in shambles.
"There is no denying that Obamacare failed to keep its promises.
"The American people are paying a very steep price for the failures of the law.
"The promises that
"When it fails, the damage would be catastrophic.
"We cannot allow that to happen to the American people."
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