Sen. Lankford Delivers Floor Speech on Obamacare Repeal and Replacement Process
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Now, I've heard a lot of folks talk about [
So, our resolution is... we have a House version that has been scored. We have a
Because their words to me are: this cannot get worse. Because I can't afford what we currently have and I can't afford that "access" that I've been given to healthcare. Now, in the middle of this debate that a lot of people on the outside look at it and say how come the
In the meantime, I've heard an awful lot of scare tactics coming out. It usually circles around 'there will be 22 million people that will suddenly not have health insurance.' Which is a fascinating number to me since only nine million people have Obamacare right now. Nine million are actually on the exchanges. So, it seems difficult for me for 22 million people to lose what only 9 million people have. But if you're an economist, they look at on the horizon people that may one day join in at some point and then those people that may have joined in then might have lost their insurance. It makes total sense to an economist. But to all of us that just look at math, it becomes very difficult. CBO also believes that without a federal mandate and tax penalty on individuals, they will not buy this insurance product. People do not want to buy it and will not buy it unless they're made to buy it. The problem is there are 6.5 million people in the country that are also required to buy it, that they're just paying the tax [penalty] rather than buying the insurance. We need to allow people to make decisions on their own life. But we need to also make sure there's actually an insurance product they can afford.
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