Price Says 'Nobody Will Be Worse Off Financially' Under GOP Health Care Bill

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ESME CRIBB Published MARCH 12, 2017, 9:45 AM EDT

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price said on Sunday that he believes "nobody will be worse off financially" under the Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and dismissed a report that millions will lose coverage if it passes.

"I firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially in the process that we’re going through," Price told Chuck Todd on NBC News' "Meet the Press."

He said that coverage is "going to go up" under the American Health Care Act and dismissed again a report from the Brookings Institute estimating that at least 15 million people will lose coverage under the bill.

"I’ll tell you that the plan that we’ve laid out here will not leave that number of individuals uncovered,” he said. “In fact I believe, again, that we’ll have more individuals covered."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tom-price-nobody-will-be-worse-off-financially-ahca

[RDANGELO]

1. He might actually believe that.

He is a mental light weight who believes all of the right wing rhetoric, a product of the echo machine.

[lark]

5. Surely he can't be that totally stupid and unaware.

I bet he knows better and is just trying to placate the rubes. It worked so well for the campaign, why not keep up the lies and spin? They are trying to keep everyone confused until after the election in 2020. That's why this doesnt become effective until then. It won't have time to dominate the air waves until after the election. After then, he will implement the dictatorship, stop the media and the judiciary, declare a national emergency and abrogate the constitution. Worst case, but sure seems like this is their goal.

[infidelsavant]

2. Universal Health Care

Europe can do it and Canada can do it, yet American Republicans keep making all these excuses why it cannot happen in America. The real reason for universal health care not happening in America is that Republicans are rich and greedy.

[beachbum bob]

3. 1984 doublespeak is today's reality and these jokers hate being in front of a public

audience they can't control

[Vinca]

4. That's ridiculous. Some will have their subsidies cut in half and others will be forced to pay

5 times as much for coverage because they happen to have the pre-existing condition called "age."

[McCamy Taylor]

6. True only if you call average Americans "nobody"--which I am sure Trump does.

[dalton99a]

7. Tom Price M.D. does, too

[MurrayDelph]

8. Translation

Q: What about the people who are either going to be pillaged or be dropped?
Price: Oh, them? They're nobody.

[Lucky Luciano]

9. Whew! I was a little concerned! nt

[KewlKat]

10. I don't care what the rethug "firmly believes" I want facts and NOT alternative facts. Enough with

the opinions, beliefs, etc, what is the truth.

[Blue Idaho]

11. "Financially" worse off...

But after people buy their cheap junk insurance they will realize they are personally on the hook for more and more medical costs not covered by their catastrophic life time capped plans.

Now let's talk about mental and physical health...

[riversedge]

12. For a physician, Price sure is a stupid LIAR!!

[wolfie001]

13. Of course the knucklehead is speaking of the wealthy....

.....and the $250,000 and up per year "middle class".

[elmac]

14. more GOP talking points

hate to see all the GOP propaganda spread here, we know they are fascist pigs, but we need to quit spreading their propaganda.

[briv1016]

15. He's probably not lying.

He honestly doesn't view the poor as being "people." So when he says "Nobody will be worse off financially" he means "The wealthy won't be worse off financially."

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. Financially? No. Medically? Well that's a different story.

Heck, some people will come out ahead of the game when social security pays their $200 dollar death benefit!!!



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[mdbl]

17. He believes? What kinda bullshit is that

Belief systems mean nothing. Does ha also believe the earth is flat? He might as well. Just get Fux nooze and Mush Limballs to say it and the dopey repug voter will believe it too.

[Beartracks]

18. He just BELIEVES more people will be covered?? Shouldn't he KNOW?

Just asking. Seems to me HHS would be more certain of what's in the bill and why, would be able to demonstrate how the plan works, what it will accomplish, etc.

On edit: Maybe they should let the CBO complete an analysis. Then he wouldn't have to GUESS so much.

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[Orsino]

19. Therefore people will be worse off.

That was easy.

[NastyRiffraff]

20. Is there a "Pants on Fire" award?

If not, we need a weekly one. The problem would be picking the worst of the many liars.

[Kimchijeon]

21. well because they dont think poor/working/class/elderly/disabled are people- they don't count