them to buy.to bring marketability so prices come down. so deductibles are not so high. that you have a health insurance card but you do not have care. we believe we will get more individuals covered than are covered right now. we will see what they say about that but let me ask you this. what do you say to senator heller of nevada who came out this week and said he cannot support the bill in its present form because over time the medicaid changes you are making will mean fewer people are able to afford coverage then are now getting it or would be getting it through medicaid? what do you take to him? i say medicaid is not the only vehicle to be able to purchase coverage or be able to have coverage. the goal of the senate plan and the president s plan and he is adamant about this. every american has coverage that they want. again there is a seamless transition to the individual market and the market is more robust because of the kind of changes in the senate bill and other kinds of
them to buy.to bring marketability so prices come down. so deductibles are not so high. that you have a health insurance card but you do not have care. we believe we will get more individuals covered than are covered right now. we will see what they say about that but let me ask you this. what do you say to senator heller of nevada who came out this week and said he cannot support the bill in its present form because over time the medicaid changes you are making will mean fewer people are able to afford coverage then are now getting it or would be getting it through medicaid? what do you take to him? i say medicaid is not the only vehicle to be able to purchase coverage or be able to have coverage. the goal of the senate plan and the president s plan and he is adamant about this. every american has coverage that they want. again there is a seamless transition to the individual market and the market is more robust because of the kind of changes in the senate bill and other kinds of
criticism that it just leaves too many people out? two major points this. one is that the congressional office budget does a good job of usually saying what something will cost. they have been woefully inadequate and able to predict the coverage he ran it is and obamacare would tell her about 23 or 24 million people. in fact, it is about 10 million people. so they are off by a significant factor.we believe they are off by a huge factor here as well because they don t get any credit for individuals purchasing some type of insurance that they say is not credible insurance. the second point, that in terms of the entire plan, the bill is not the entire plan. the kind of things were doing at the department of health and human services to make certain individuals across the land have the opportunity again to purchase the kind of coverage that they want for themselves. not that the government forces them to buy.to bring