GOP: "Uninsured Americans Is Not The Issue"

Republicans have said repeatedly that the landmark health care reform law, upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court last week, must be repealed and replaced. But the GOP leader in the U.S. Senate gave a surprising answer on "Fox News Sunday" when asked how Republicans would provide health care coverage to 30 million uninsured Americans.

"That is not the issue," Sen. Mitch McConnell said. "The question is how to go step by step to improve the American health care system. It is already the finest health care system in the world."

"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace interrupted, "You don't think 30 million uninsured is an issue?"

"We're not going to turn the American health care system into a western European system," McConnell said. "That's exactly what is at the heart of Obamacare. They want to ... have the federal government take over all American health care. The federal government can't handle Medicare or Medicaid.

Wallace pressed McConnell, noting that the Affordable Care Act will prohibit insurance companies from not offering plans to individuals with pre-existing health conditions. "If you repeal Obamacare, how will you protect those people with pre-eexisting conditions?"

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Yes... "Let them eat cake." Us Senators and CongressCritters have GREAT insurance...So, you 30 million unwashed masses and "entitlement whores" are just lazy for getting sick, not having a job and not having insurance...

Hrrrumph....

I can hardly wait for the RepubliNazis to try to tell all of the Americans with special-needs kids, kids under 26, people with pre-existing conditions, people who have been dropped from their plans for getting sick...that "Oh! The GOP wants to help you!...We'll just take back all of that stuff that's important and give you ___________________NOTHING!" We're talking "repeal" here... And we don't really have a plan to "replace", but [shhhhhhhh] don't let that get in the way of voting against your own best interests...

Good luck with that...Jus' keep doin' what yer doin'...

How many of those voluntarily choose to remain uninsured? Or decide they prefer spending their money on other things? I know I declined work health insurance until my mid-20's and kept the cash.

FredHayek wrote: How many of those voluntarily choose to remain uninsured? Or decide they prefer spending their money on other things? I know I declined work health insurance until my mid-20's and kept the cash.

And if you had been in an auto accident, motorcycle accident, contracted some particularly nasty form of cancer, the taxpayers would have been picking up the tag for your freeloading.