obama care started out to be an $863 billion access to insurance program for individuals that didn t have access. that s what they said it was going to be. another broken promise. what it has become a is $2.6 trillion taking of the health care sector of our nation s economy. 17% of our economy. this is what people are beginning to realize. you ve got to pay for it. all the mandates on the hospital, physicians, all sorts of health care delivery. the cuts to medicare in order to stand this up. somebody has to pay. there is no such thing as free. we are seeing now that it is unbelievable if in the way that it is affecting every single portion of health care delivery
we ll see. obama care started out to be an $863 billion access to insurance program for individuals that didn t have access. that s what they said it was going to b. what it has become is a $2.6 trillion taking of the health care sector of our nation s income. 17% of our economy. this is what people are beginning to realize. you ve got to pay for it. all the mandates on the hospital, physicians, all sorts of health care delivery. the cuts to medicare in order to stand this up. somebody has to pay. there is no such thing as free. we are seeing now that it is unbelievable if in the way that it is affecting every single portion of health care delivery and insurance in this country.
plans are no longer going to be offered. but you are pleased that people with preexisting conditions who were never eligible for health insurance are now now have eligibility? of course. we are pleased that they have access to something we on our side of the aisle would have handled it differently, with some state-based risk pools, so that they had the ability to have access to affordable health insurance. that should be the goal of everyone in this process. how do we make certain that everyone has access. what we see happening now is that people are being priced out, and what started as an $863 billion access to health insurance program has become a $2.6 trillion takeover of the
takes issue with how that conversation is being had. we ve been trying to get them to work with us for five years. last question. really quickly. you ve been of course a steadfast opponent to obama care since its inception. according to this new nbc news/ wall street journal poll, the law is gaining support now, 38% say obama care is a good idea versus 43% who say it s a bad idea. a major bump from the 31% to 44% just last month. how do you dispute the fact that digging in your heels in opposition to the law seems to be making more people in favor of it. well, what we have to realize is obama care started out as an $863 billion access to insurance program. it is now according to the congressional budget office a $2.6 trillion takeover of health care. you at the present time answer my question. yes, i am. it s too expensive to afford. you just gave me a talking point. the question was how did you
continuing resolution covers and say what is going to transpired in that window? the reason you have to have a discussion about obama care and look at what can possibly be delayed in that program is because it has gone from being an $863 billion program to an estimate of $2.6 trillion. that s no, no, no, those are cbo numbers no, no, you have to show me on the floor i will, i will show you. that s simply not true. i ll show you those numbers because when you re going to look at the cost of these programs and the total cost of what is going to be an what will have an impact on the economy, all of that has to be on the table piers, the laying the overall we have to look at the overall spending measures. we do and that s and borrowing