Posted on 04/25/2014 7:28:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) admitted Friday it’s “difficult to turn the clock back” on ObamaCare, but proposed making the law voluntary as a possible fix for consumers.
“I think it’s going to be difficult to turn the clock back. People get assumed and accustomed to receiving things, particularly things that they get for free,” he told a crowd of students at Harvard’s Institute of Politics on Friday.
Paul’s comments echo those of other Republicans who have admitted it will be difficult to fully repeal the law after some of its more popular provisions took effect. The potential 2016 presidential candidate said he ultimately doesn’t think repeal is possible without Republicans controlling the House, the White House and with close to 60 votes in the Senate, like Democrats had when they passed the law.
But he predicted the cost of the law could ultimately have dire effects, suggesting they could “bring down local hospitals” or hamstring state governments.
In the meantime, Paul offered a fix.
“I think one of the practical things you might be able to do, and I think the public at large might accept this, is to make ObamaCare voluntary. You make it voluntary, basically you get rid of the coercion,” he said, presumably by eliminating the penalty those without insurance are required to pay, known as the individual mandate.
He said he may keep some parts of the law, like the subsidies to help poor Americans afford insurance, or the Medicaid expansion -- two of ObamaCare's more popular provisions but potentially its more expensive.
“Does that get rid of the subsidies? Not necessarily, or the Medicaid. But I think also we’re going to find out we can’t afford to have everybody on Medicaid, we can’t afford to have everybody on subsidized insurance,” Paul said.
The Kentucky senator also railed against President Obama for the idea of the law in the first place, telling students gathered at Harvard’s Institute of Politics on Friday that Obama “says that you are not smart enough…to choose your own insurance.”
Paul, who signed up his family for insurance under ObamaCare used his son’s plan as an example. He said it includes coverage for a number of unnecessary procedures “because the president says he’s too dumb and can’t buy an individual product that would cost him a lot less and wouldn’t have as many things included.”
Correct-o.
:-)
We tried telling people. No one wanted to listen. So we all get what THEY asked for.
The acorn doesn’t fall far from the oak tree.
I agree.
Regime changes is the best solution.
Of course it's inevitable anyway. NO regime in history has survived a currency collapse.
Some new form of government always emerges from the ashes.
Makes you wonder whether he already fell for a staffer?
I’m done with Rand Paul.
They’re already crafting cop outs for failing to repeal this pile of merde.
There’s no hope.
Exactly.
And who cares if it is hard. Just do it!
So when a fireman goes to Paul’s house, which is on fire with family on the second floor screaming to be saved, the fireman has a ligit excuse that it is too hard?
He gets paid to do hard things.
Get at it.
By the way, there is another fellow in DC that talks about how governing is hard...
What is his name...
Obumbler????
The shine is gone from Paul as far as I am concerned.
Elect Ted Cruz!
Of course not but Paul's being honest. Undoing it will be very difficult now that the machinations are in place (and some Republican voters are actually benefiting from it).
To use a couple of cliches, elections have consequences and you can't put toothpaste back in the tube. When Obamacare fails, it will be replaced by single payer. We're not going back. We don't have a time machine or a magic "do-over" button.
I was kinda thinking an asteroid strike or something like a Carrington event is going to be needed.
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An intriguing idea ...
You could offer a product and people could either:
a) Buy it
b) Not buy it.
Could this be a workable model for the health insurance industry?? Has any country ever tried this?
If such a concept worked, could it be extended to other products, such as milk or bread?? Imagine a world where you could choose to buy bread -- or not buy it!
This is genius. It will need a name. I suggest: ObamaMarket.
Rand has become Romney with bad hair.
what a l**p D**k
what part of o’care is free?
If it is free then shouldn’t everyone be automatically enrolled in it? everyone who pays taxes that is. The IRS knows who they are.
“An intriguing idea ...”
MADNESS!!! We cannot EVER be allowed choice. Especially not free choice. Are you some kind of nut? People would get ideas and then what would happen to the climate?
Arm up, as the day of the soap box and ballot box may be drawing to a close.
Who would have ever thought such a statement about America could be even slightly possible?
Boy is this guy a dissapoinment !
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