We tried to make it as fair to the non-expansion states over the next few years as we can. And we do phase it out over a shorter period of time than five or eight years. And I would also say that as far as Medicaid expansion goes, in our plan we do address that. I have no intention whatsoever of replacing a bad law with another bad law. I would have to respectfully disagree with Congressman Brat. INSKEEP: Are you eliminating one entitlement for health insurance and just replacing it with another?ĬARTER: No, not at all. And it basically keeps too many of the bad uses. The expansion of Medicaid is not clear but goes off for about eight more years. Let's listen to your colleague Dave Brat.ĭAVE BRAT: The last thing we need to do is replicate a system that doesn't work, right? It's going to create a new entitlement program. One of the things they're saying is that they don't really want to replace the Affordable Care Act with what they see as another entitlement. And I'm sure you've heard a lot from them. INSKEEP: So let me ask you now to speak to more conservative lawmakers who are concerned about this House plan. I wasn't sick last month, so I'm not going to pay. I would say again that it's not a system where, oh, I'm sick this month, so I'm going to pay. And it sounds like you're trying a different way to do the same thing.ĬARTER: No. INSKEEP: That's what the authors of the Affordable Care Act said when they wrote the mandate into law. That's not the way the system works at all. And then all of a sudden when they need it, they go and pay. I mean, essentially they have stopped paying knowing that they're not going to need it. Because what I would say is that these are people who have been gaming the system. Isn't that about the same thing as a mandate?ĬARTER: I would not say so at all. But something else is put in, congressman, and that is a penalty if you go off of insurance and stay away from the insurance market for a while and then try to come back. There's a mandate right now under Obamacare to buy some kind of health insurance or pay a tax penalty.
If we can create a health care market that is more competitive, that is more accessible, that people will be able to get insurance. In fact, what our plan does is to make sure that the market forces will cover as many people as it possibly can. That's correct, isn't it?ĬARTER: I don't think that is correct. And studies of plans like the one the House Republicans put out indicate that's going to go down. The number of people, percentage of people insured has gone up in recent years. But you understand the question that I've put on the table here. INSKEEP: I understand what you're saying. Seven states have an increase in premiums over 50 percent. Premiums are rising by 25 percent on the average. If you look at the state of our health care system right now and the way that the insurance market is, I mean, let's face it. I read that to mean you are acknowledging some people, maybe millions of people who have insurance now will lose that plan, end up with a worse plan or a different plan or be paying more for the same plan.ĬARTER: Listen. And thirdly, that we would empower patients and give them the ability to make health care decisions along with their health care professionals. Secondly, the parents would be able to keep their children up to the age of 26 on their insurance.
We made it clear that three things were essential.įirst of all, that people with preexisting conditions would be able to keep their insurance. We want to have a stable transition period. First, will the 20 million or so people who've have gained insurance over the last few years under Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, be able to keep their insurance?ĬARTER: What we have said from the get-go is that we are not going to pull the rug out from underneath people. So let's address some of the questions that are coming at this plan from the left and the right.
#BUDDY CARTER FREE#
Carter backs the plan, saying a free insurance market will better serve customers in the end. For another, the plan rolls back Medicaid coverage for the poor in a way that some see as cruel and others see as too timid. For starters, the tax credits of $2,000 to $4,000 per year are not enough for many people to afford insurance.
INSKEEP: The plan has drawn intense criticism from the left and right.
And we're going to make sure that they are rewarded for that. You just buy health insurance, save the receipt and get back some of the cost through a tax credit.īUDDY CARTER: We've achieved that through the tax credits, through - instead of penalizing people and taxing them for not having insurance, we're going to give them credit for having insurance. And Georgia Congressman Buddy Carter says it has a virtue - simplicity. House Republicans released a plan this week. Let's pose questions about a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
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