states. they all say they can do better than washington, d.c. we give them that opportunity. it also repeals obamacare mandates. do you think that is something the democrats can get onboard with? well, jonathan gruber, who helped write obamacare, did a study published in new england journal of medicine, the individual mandate has no effect upon enrollment, according to gruber s study. no effect. what does have an effect is a governor getting behind a project and pushing people to get enrolled. so you think just for the governor to say to his constituents or her constituents we need you to get onboard, that s enough? no, not at all. in our state our governor enrolled 450,000 people in medicaid in 18 months. whatever you think about it, incredibly effective. we have in our plan the so-called fast track mechanism that allows states to do what they did under c.h.i.p., which is to enroll people quickly. we also give option of automatic enrollment or already have the option under sec
health insurance premiums. also effective rates drop. if we keep focusing on lowering premiums and expanding flexibility for governors and states, that s the path to getting a yes . i did share the report with all of the senators and the president. not only premiums are down, enrollment goes up. the media misunderstands this issue. the obamacare mandates drive
inflamed rhetoric. so what i d like to do is slow the process down, get the information, actually reduce these premiums that have been artificially driven up by obamacare mandates. so let s actually fix the problem. but in the end, i come from a manufacturing base. i ll look at whatever i m forced to vote on, and say is this better than where we are today? so you don t like this prusz, but you re not willing to be the vote to delay things to make the process better? there s no way we should be voting on next week are you going to work to stop it next week? i have a hard time believing wisconsin constituents or even myself will have enough time to evaluate this for me to proceed. let s not rush this process. lets have the integrity to show the american people what it is show them the truth
they re not addressing the root cause. they re doing the same in washington and joining more money at the problems. what i would like to do is get the information and actually reduce these premiums that are driven up because obamacare mandates. lets fix the problem but in the end, i come from manufacturing base, i will look at what i am forced to vote on and i will ask myself, is this better tomorrow than where we are today. as we continue on improvement. so you don t like the process but you don t want to be the vote to delay things to force the process getting better? well, i would like to delay things, there is no way we should be voting on this next week. are you going to work to stop a vote next week? i have a hard time leading wallace wisconsin
we re learning more about the republican opposition to the gop senate health care bill. this morning on meet the press, for instance, wisconsin senator ron johnson spoke to my colleague chuck todd about his reaction. what i find so disappointing is these bills aren t going to fix the problem. they re not addressing the root cause. they re doing the same old washington thing, throwing more money at the problem and of course, we have all of the inflamed rhetoric. so what i d like to do is slow the process down, get the information and go through the problem solving process and actually reduce these premiums that have been artificially driven up because of obamacare mandates. cnbc contributor ron insana joins us again today. ron, take us through the economic argument against the bill. you heard what the senator said, is he hitting it? he s hitting some of it which