Hillary wants to make it her “mission” to “lower” health care costs.
Can anyone say “Single-Payer” ??
Via Free Beacon:
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton struggled to answer a question at Sunday night’s town hall about the rising costs of health care after the passage of Obamacare, telling a woman to keep shopping around.
Teresa O’Donnell, an office manager in Ohio, told Clinton about how her monthly costs for health care insurance for her family of four went from $490 to $1,081 a month.
“I know Obama told us that we’d be paying a little more. But doubling, over doubling, my health insurance cost has not been ‘a little more.’ It has been difficult to come up with that kind of payment every month. I would like to vote Democratic, but it’s cost me a lot of money, and I’m just wondering if Democrats really realize how difficult it’s been on working-class Americans to finance Obamacare?” O’Donnell asked….
“So you were going to a broker and buying a health insurance policy? And in effect, it nearly tripled after you went onto the exchange and bought a policy under the Affordable Care Act? Is that right?” Clinton asked….
“OK, well, first of all let me say, I very much want to get the cost down and that is going to be my mission because I do think that for many, many people, but there are exceptions, like what you’re telling me, having the Affordable Care Act has reduced cost, has created a real guarantee of insurance, because if you’d had a pre-existing condition under the old system you wouldn’t have gotten affordable insurance, so it’s done a lot of really good things, but it has become increasingly clear that we’re going to have to get the cost down,” Clinton said.
Clinton later recommended to O’Donnell to keep shopping….
Related:
Heartland Institute: Research & Commentary: The Dangers of a Single-Payer Health System
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Alternate response; Be thankful that you live in Ohio where Gov. Kasich expanded Medicaid under Ocare. So if you go broke (which you will), you still will be able to get health insurance coverage through the expanded Medicaid. All you need to do then is shop for a doctor. Good luck.
(btw, just heard from Chris Plante that Jake Tapper worked in the congressional office of Marge Mezvinsky whose son Marc is married to Chelsea.)
I doubt Hillary has even been on the Obamacare website ! Her response was infuriating & typical far left mumbo jumbo about about the greater good & trying to guilt the lady ! Hillary who has undoubtedly never paid a copay & getting govt bennies under her husband cannot be president !!