get treatment they need because now more and more doctors are saying actually one third of doctors are saying i just cannot see any new medicaid patients. so obamacare actually made it worse for patients who were originally designed to be helped by medicaid. senator durbin? i can tell you the republican approach will devastate medicaid. you know who will be hurt? rural hospitals in wyoming and illinois could after hospital association senator. my hospital association put out a statement of the weekend in illinois and said this is devastating. we re going to lose jobs in rural hospitals in illinois. that is the trump constituency that will be hurt unless our approach on the republican side. secondly we will see premiums go up particularly those - are they going up dramatically now? they are going up now i can say it is a finite group of jewel insurance marketplace people.5 to 6 percent of the overall market. that is what we need to sit down and face. democrats and republicans
seriously under the present situation. are they not? the congressional budget office will analyze the house approach which is similar to the senate approaches we have seen it, they have said is a stable insurance market. there is need obviously for us to work in the individual insurance marketplace with five or six percent of americans who go there. in the meantime, when he puts the insurance company executives and say why are you putting out of markets and raising premiums? they say the uncertainty in washington since the arrival of the president who from his first executive order has been undermining health insurance and the affordable care act, cutting off the individual marketplace which would expand insurance pools and bring premiums down. cutting off assistance for those who need help in paying for premiums. these are the things that are sabotaging and undermining the affordable care act. you cannot have it both ways.
paying $3 billion for the privilege of not purchasing that coverage. those go away so that is one. medicare becomes more flexible for states so they can design a program that works for their citizens. as opposed to washington telling the states what they want. that is not obamacare. the taxes in place solely to build a huge government run healthcare system. those go away. that is not obamacare. what we are trying to do here is admittedly, thread a needle and make it so that as the president says, every single american needs to be able to have access to the kind of coverage that they want. ensuring that pre-existing illnesses are covered. ensuring there no lifetime gas, ensuring that individuals have the kind of choices necessary so that the system is responsive to people, to patients. not responsive government. mr. devotee said there was a penalty for not having insurance that would go away. it suggests that people with
i believe we do. i believe he will get it passed. and i think is the only way we can fundamentally change away from obamacare. get rid of all of the hated mandates, taxes and for medicaid on a sustainable course long-term. get on the cost of care and insurance. senator barrasso and senator durbin.a great debate from both of you.
coverage.your premiums going up, deductibles going up. both have an insurance card but no care. what are our friends on the other side of the aisle from a republican democrat prospective saying to those challenges? why aren t they coming to the table to help out? mr. secretary have one of their leaders coming up next and i will ask that very question. question. depend silhouette active fit briefs, feature a thin design for complete comfort. they say move it or lose it - and at my age, i m moving more than ever. because getting older is inevitable. but feeling older? that s something i control. get a free sample at depend.com.