House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday called estimates that millions of people could lose health care coverage under an Obamacare replacement a “bogus” metric, and said lowering costs for everyone was more important.
Ryan also said he could “guarantee” that a finalized proposal would have enough votes to pass the House of Representatives.
“By some estimates, 10 million people could lose coverage. Is that acceptable?” one reporter asked Ryan at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Though the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has not released its analysis of the House GOP’s Obamacare replacement plan, Standard & Poors released such an analysis Tuesday.
S&P found that 2 to 4 million people enrolled in Obamacare’s individual marketplaces could lose coverage under the American Health Care Act, in addition to 4 to 6 million people currently covered by Medicaid.
“What matters is that we’re the lowering costs of health care and giving people access to affordable health care plans,” Ryan responded. “The government will always win the war on government-run plans, saying, if we mandate everybody buys what we say they have to buy, then the government will always estimate that they’ll buy it.”
“I just think that’s bogus, that entire premise of that comparison doesn’t work,” he continued. “The fact is, we’re not going to have the government tell you what you must do, tell you what you must buy.”
Ryan also said he was certain that the proposal, which was introduced in separate parts in the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee Monday night, would pass the House of Representatives.
“We will have 218 votes,” he said. “This is the beginning of the legislative process. We’ve got a few weeks. We’ll have 218 when this thing comes to the floor, I can guarantee you that.”
Welcome to the new death panels.
Trumpcare: If you can’t afford it, you’re a loser. Sad. (Not really.)
Wonder if that statement just might have an effect on those “WE love trump voters”
Might have to wait until they lose everything after the next ER visit.
Hard to say.
This is brilliant social engineering. If there’s a segment of the population you want to reduce, simply price them out of medical care. Elderly, poor, disabled. Meh, who needs them? They are just a drag on the system. Make it so they die faster with no health care and a de facto death panel of accelerated economic ruin.
On the other hand, the wealthy are naturally healthier in the first place. So, give them all the healthcare advantages since they are not a drag on the system. It’s a reward for the diligence and their money. Plus, there’s the added benefit that most of them probably vote Republican. Let them live.
I get it now. Brilliant!
Bastards!
So the GOP wants people to die to save costs, opposes abortion to save lives, and supports the death penalty to kill people.
Couldn’t have made it much clearer, Lyin’ Ryan. Republicans suck.
You nasty little creep. ‘Lowering costs’ instead of people? Fine. How long will it take you to walk that one back? Oh…are you gonna use the ‘people are just so much collateral damage’ BS? They’ll die because there won’t be health care? You ahole. You took took took took everything this country had to offer and you deny to everyone else while pretending you ‘did it all yourself’. You are a despicable liar.