On Fox this afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said his party does not support a public option compromise that would allow states to opt-out of the government option.
“I think they [Democrats] would love to have the government in control of our health care if they could. … They may look for some circuitous route, some way to try to get it by indirection,” McConnell said.
“All of my members think it’s a bad idea, no matter what you call it. Whether you call it a co-op, whether you call it outsourcing it to states, I don’t think we need any more government health care,” he said.
He continued that Republicans already have “serious problems” with Medicaid and Medicare — an interesting comment given the party’s attempt to paint itself as a defender of Medicare.
“Now, [we have] serious problems with the government health care we already have. It is nonsense we could have the government take over the rest of American health care and make it any better,” he said.
