Price Insists Trump Is Still Committed To 'Insurance For Everybody' Promise

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ESME CRIBB Published MARCH 19, 2017, 12:53 PM EDT

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price insisted on Sunday that President Donald Trump is still committed to his promise of "insurance for everybody" despite estimates that the Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will leave millions more people uninsured.

"He said 'We are going to have insurance for everybody,'" CNN's Jake Tapper said. "There's no study of this bill that suggests it will provide insurance for every American." He cited the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office's estimate that 24 million people would lose their insurance over the next 10 years under the repeal bill.

"Given the fact that the President promised insurance for everyone, how do you justify to the millions of voters who believed President Trump that there would be insurance for everyone when there clearly is not going to be?" Tapper asked.

"The President is committed to that, as am I," Price said. "The fact of the matter is, this bill that's moving through Congress right now is simply the first step in this process."

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[cstanleytech]

1. Is that committed committed or is it committed like how he is committed to pay his bills but doesnt?

[Girard442]

2. Everyone will have "access". That will be the mantra. NT

[Vinca]

3. When pressed, he always says they will "have access."

In the same way I have access to buy an oceanfront mansion in Florida. Sadly, I don't have the money for it.

[jpak]

4. fast-talking double talk from a insider trading crook

yup

[Historic NY]

5. Insurance is nothing more than words on paper....

having the money to buy those words is whats important.

[certainot]

6. like when limbaugh said everyone in new orleans had the same opportunity as

everyone else to get a job, buy an SUV, and drive out of town before the hurricane

[paleotn]

7. Yea, riiiiiight....

...an what did you say that price was for the Brooklyn Bridge?

[ananda]

8. I think this included insurance to die for those who ..

.. can't afford insurance to stay healthy.

[Honeycombe8]

9. Bwahahahaha! I guess a few Trumpers will believe that tripe. nt

[turbinetree]

10. Hey Price FU , whats your definition of insurance, is it the one where you can make a buck

off the stock, and then lie in a committee to get a job and spew worthless crap, just like your sexual predator boss

[Mc Mike]

11. Gee, Tom, you might want to get together with Mulvaney over at OMB and sorta sync your statements.

The first step is toss 24 million people out of insured status. A later step is to put them and everyone else back into insured status. There will be no bridge coverage.

Hold your breath and wait for the later steps, America.