we were keeping things like the kids under 26 on their family policy. we were making sure we would never have lifetime limits ever again. we made sure that folks with debilitating conditions would have continuous coverage as they change insurance programs. we were keeping the medicaid exchanges or enhancement, if you will. we had simply changing the reimbursement rate back to what it is for the same thing we have for the blind. you believe the bill was more of a repair than a replace in the first place, don t you? i think to some extent you use the words replace and repair interchangeably. that s what had the folks in our freedom caucus as upset as they were. they did not want to see some of the repairs we had in there. in some cases it is semantics. that can be important, don t get
program. health and human services secretary dr. tom price defending the plan this morning with jake tapper. it sounds utopian. but i have to say, you criticized the medicaid program bounce one in three doctors don t because one in three doctors don t take medicaid patients, but the reason that they don t, according to experts, is because the reimbursement rate is so low. i don t know how you re going to improve medicaid if you re taking money away from medicaid. the problem is that doctors are not getting paid enough, and you re saying, okay, but we re going to do better with less money. and i don t know an economist who thinks that s going to work. every time you you peel back that onion a little and you drill down and look at it specifically, you can see where there are wonderful opportunities for improvement in the system. the medicaid program actually covers four different groups in our population. seniors, disabled, healthy moms, and kids. and yet what the federal governm
who are trying to provide the care. there are doctors who say i can t care for my patients in the way we believe to be most appropriate because of the rules and regulations and because of the stipulations and because of the costs that s been injected into the program. so imagine if you will, a plan that actually puts patients in a transition over a period of time to make sure that nobody falls through the cracks, that s the kind of plan we believe will work for the american people. you criticize the medicate program because one in three doctors don t take medicaid patients and the reason they don t is the reimbursement rate is so low, i don t know how you re going improve medicaid if you re taking money away from medicaid. and doctors are saying we re not getting paid enough, and you re
three doctors don t take medicaid patients, and then you talk but the reason that they don t, according to experts, is because the reimbursement rate is so low. i don t know how you re going to improve medicaid if you re taking money away from medicaid. the problem is that doctors are not getting paid enough and you re saying, okay, but we re going to do better with less money, and i don t know an economist who thinks that s going to work. every time you every time you peel back that onion a little bit you drill down and look at it specifically you can see where there are wonderful opportunities for improvement in the system. the medicaid program actually covers four different groups in our population, seniors, disabled, healthy moms and kids, and yet what the federal government says to the states is you must treat those healthy moms and kids, you must have a plan for those healthy moms and kids that s exactly the same as the seniors and the disabled. that doesn t make sense to a
care. there are a lot of physicians out there and a lot of other providers that have looked hat the current system and said i can t care for my patients in the way that we believe to be most appropriate because of the rules and regulations and because of the stipulations and because of the costs that have been injected into the program so imagine, if you will, a system that puts patients at the center of it as opposed to insurance companies or the government. that s a system that we believe we can put in place, one that will work, a transition over a period of time to make shower that nobody falls through the cracks. that s the kind of plan that we believe will work for the american people. well, it sounds utopian, but i have to say you criticized the medicaid program because one in three doctors don t take medicaid patients, and then you talk but the reason that they don t, according to experts, is because the reimbursement rate is so low. i don t know how you re going to improve