Vote the presiding officer is anyone in the chamber who wishes to vote or change his or her vote . Seeing none, on this vote the yeas are 84. The nays are 9. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from nebraska. Mrs. Fischer thank you. Rise to speak on the Defense Authorization bill. Congress has passed this Bipartisan Legislation every year for the past 55 years, and once again this year the United States senate is debating this critical legislation to provide our men and women in uniform with the resources they need to keep americans safe. This is a bipartisan bill. It represents the combined efforts of members from both sides of the aisle. It walls approved unanimously by the Senate Armed Services committee. All 27 of our members voted for it. Thats more than a quarter of this body. The distinguished chairman, the senior senator from arizona, spoke on the
Occasions when ive risen to speak about the need to repeal and replace obamacare. Mr. Cassidy although we did not begin in our last effort i personally allege with senators graham and heller making one more try and folks ask why. There is a fellow back home who is a conservative talk show host who speaks with passion about the Affordable Care act. And why does he speak with passion . Moon performs very open. Hes got a specialneeds child and he has to buy insurance. And his premium per year is over 40,000. 40,000, mr. President , with a 5,000 deductible and additional deductible for his pharmaceutical costs. He could. 50,000 a year could pay 50,000 a year in insurance deductibles. The mortgage payment for a 500,000 is what he puts up because he has to buy insurance. He has a child with special needs. Mr. President , there are many moon graffons across our nation. Someone said kind of as a wag, but i think theres a ring of truth to it that obamacare, the individual exchange only works if
Lastditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care act. What this would do is change the existing system of both the Affordable Care act and medicaid and change it into a block grant. States would get a sentiment of money to do whatever they wanted in their health care system. They could implement a plan similar to the Affordable Care could go singlepayer, or they could go a conservative route and undo some of the parts of the Affordable Care act, particularly the protections that some folks like. These are the preexisting conditions, things like that. Governors would be able to undo those things and have this pot of money to implement their own health care system. We will take a look at some of the details offered by senator graham on the senate floor, and we will come back to our discussion. Sen. Graham will keep medicare in place as it is today. We will have flexibility. Indiana is a good example of what happens when you give states flexibility to help people. What i dont like with medi
System of the Affordable Care act and change it into a block grant. States would get a set amount whatever they wanted care act, they could go single whatever they wanted in their Health Care System. They would take the dollars and implement a plan similar to the ffordable payer, or they can go a conservative route and undo some of the parts of the Affordable Care act particularly the consumer protexases that some folks like. The preexisting conditions, things like that. Governors would be able to undo those things and have this pot of money. Take a look at some of the details offered up by senator graham and well come back to our discussion. We keep medicaid in place as it is today. We try to give more flexibility because indiana is a good example of what can happen if you give states flexibility to help poor people. One thing about medicaid, is you get a headache you run to the emergency room. I want them to have some ownership. If you smoke thats something that ought to be considere
Story talks about the measure being offered by bill cassidy of louisiana, and also Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. What is in this measure . Lastis is the republicans ditch effort at trying to reveal the Affordable Care act. Is change thed do existing system of both the Affordable Care act and medicaid, and change it. It would get a set amount of money to do whatever they wanted in their Health Care System. They would implement those planet like the Affordable Care act, or single care, are more liberal, or they can go a conservative route and undo some of the Affordable Care act. Thatonsumer protections some folks like, particularly. Governors would be able to undo those things and have this pot of money to implement their own Health Care System. We will take you look at some of the details offered up by him , we will come back to our discussion. We keep medicaid in place, as it is today. We try to give more flexibility, indiana was a good example of what could happen. One thing abou