Price: Some May Be 'Moved' To Insurance That's 'Much More Desirable'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By MATT SHUHAM Published MARCH 10, 2017, 10:50 AM EDT

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price wouldn’t commit on Friday that people would be able to keep their health insurance plans as a result of the American Health Care Act.

He also said estimates that millions would lose coverage as a result of the bill didn’t take into account its entire effect on the insurance marketplace.

“We don't believe that individuals will lose coverage at all so long as they are able select the kind of plan that they want for themselves and their family,” Price said, responding to a question on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” about estimates that millions would lose health care coverage as a result of the bill.

The ACHA would provide much less government assistance to those purchasing insurance on individual marketplaces than the Affordable Care Act. Conservatives have argued that fewer regulations on health insurers will result in cheaper, and less comprehensive, plans.

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[dalton99a]

1. Next Rx from Tom Price M.D.: Move them all to the cemetery

[iluvtennis]

3. Yep. just shamfeful

[JenniferJuniper]

2. Desirable for who?

Never mind. Rhetorical question, of course.

[mac56]

4. Remember the screaming shit fit they had

over "You'll be able to keep your doctor"?

These idiots don't have a clue.

[Bengus81]

5. Oh sure Tom...I'll bet Blue Cross Blue Shield is working HARD on reducing their premium prices..

Yep,you guys pass your DonTcare bill and the Insurance Industrial Complex will have sweeping price cuts Nation wide. You betcha Tommy boy.

No,when they LOSE 20+ MILLION customers the prices are NOT coming down,no matter how many of the so called "burdening" regulations you remove.

[Mc Mike]

6. 'People will have to be moved', sez the repugs who campaigned on 'freedom of choice in healthcare'.

[keithbvadu2]

8. Good one!

[CousinIT]

7. If "fewer regulations" on insurers resulted in cheaper plans, we wouldn't have ever needed reform!

That argument is pure bullshit.

IOW what they're saying is unregulated capitalism and profiteering off of the sick, disabled, injured and dying will result in lower premiums and healthcare for everyone! If that were the case, ACA would have never been needed.

What a crock!