Want and fix obamacare and move onto tax cuts. Its a contentious legislative schedule, but it has begun. Second headline, you might not like the president s style, but you like his handling of the economy, surprise, surprise. Its up sharply in a month. Who knew. Republicans must unite to get it done. Democrats have to be careful about blocking trumps popular economic policies. And for investors, the trump rally is still on hold. Politics and money, thats what we do. Varney company is about to begin. It is obamacare gone because we repeal all of those taxes, those mandates, those subsidies, theres nothing left there. And instead, we give them the same tax break that we give workers at big businesses, its obamacare light, it retains a significant part of obamacare, retains the cadillac tax. Retains a form of the individual mandate, instead of paying the government youre going to pay the Insurance Company, but it also creates a new federal Entitlement Program and gives it permanent increa
Secretary price and a lot of i alongtary price and with our entire administration and a lot of people in the senate and a lot of people in the house are committed to repealing and replacing this disastrous law with a Health Care Plan that lowers cost, expands choice, and ensures access for everyone. You represent the millions of americans who have seen that obamacare premiums increase in. In arizona the rates were over , 116 last year. 116 increase, and the deductibles are so high that you Many Americans cannot even use it. Many lost their doctors altogether. One third of the counties only have one insurer left. I mean, the Insurance Companies are fleeing, they are gone. So many gone. The house bill to repeal and replace obamacare will provide you and your fellow citizens with more choices, far more choices, at lower cost. The plan should pick they want. Now, they will be able to pick the plan they want, pick the doctor they want, and do a lot of things that the other plan was supposed
Secretary price and a lot of i alongtary price and with our entire administration and a lot of people in the senate and a lot of people in the house are committed to repealing and replacing this disastrous law with a Health Care Plan that lowers cost, expands choice, and ensures access for everyone. You represent the millions of americans who have seen that obamacare premiums increase in. In arizona the rates were over , 116 last year. 116 increase, and the deductibles are so high that you Many Americans cannot even use it. Many lost their doctors altogether. One third of the counties only have one insurer left. I mean, the Insurance Companies are fleeing, they are gone. So many gone. The house bill to repeal and replace obamacare will provide you and your fellow citizens with more choices, far more choices, at lower cost. The plan should pick they want. Now, they will be able to pick the plan they want, pick the doctor they want, and do a lot of things that the other plan was supposed
Firestorm, though. Hes been at the center of the Health Care Debate on the republican side at least since coming to congress in 2005. Represented georgias 6th district in the house since 2005 until just this year. Before that, you were a Georgia State legislator. And before that, for two decades and more, a practicing physician. An orthopedic surgeon, professor of orthopedic surgery at emory. You bring to bear what it takes to know about the Health Care Debate and thats what we want to talk about today. So we can hardly ask for a better guide to where things stand for a better guide to a sense of where the debate is. Everybody, i think, dr. Price, naturally would like to start with just whats going on with the bill, where does it stand, where are things on the hill . Maybe the place to start is really with the nature of the problem to be solved. How do we think about it before we get to what the legislation is, entering the position youre entering with the enormous experience that you
Half an hour. Joining us is dr. Tom price. Director of health and human services. [applause] he came to that job just a little more than a month ago. Having been thrown into the firestorm you are thrown into. He has been at the center of the Health Care Debate on the republican side at least since coming to congress in 2005. He represented georgias sixth district in the house since 2005. Before that, you were a state legislator. Before that, a practicing physician. Surgeon at emory. We want to talk about the Health Care Debate today. Etterulask for guide to talk to about a sense of where the debate is. We would like to start is what is going on with the bill . Where are things on the hill . Maybe the place to start is the nature of the problem. Before we get to the legislation entering the position youre entering with the enormous experience you bring to bear and thinking about what Health Care Policies for, what challenges it meets, how did you think about the problem to be solved as