Conservative Senator Confirms GOP Trying To Force Bill Through Without Proper Review

Conservative Senator Confirms GOP Trying To Force Bill Through Without Proper Review

 
Republican Senator Just Published An Op-Ed Blasting the GOP Health Bill.

Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, published an op-ed Monday blasting the Senate GOP’s plan and process to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Johnson said the Republican plan would note solve issues with Obamacare and would, in fact, make them worse. He also noted that the bill only throws money at the problem.

Johnson wrote in The New York Times that Republicans have been pushing to “repair the damage done by ObamaCare for so long.”

“Our priority should be to bring relief, and better, less expensive care, to millions of working men and women,” he wrote.

“Unfortunately, the Senate Republican alternative, unveiled last week, doesn’t appear to come close to addressing their plight. Like Obamacare, it relies too heavily on government spending, and ignores the role that the private sector can and should play.”

On Sunday, Johnson said he is “not a yes yet” on the bill saying the bill should reduce costs “while improving quality, access and innovation.”

“This is exactly what consumer-driven, free-market competition does in other areas of our economy,” he wrote.

But for Johnson, the GOP plan doesn’t accomplish that. “Throwing more money at insurers won’t fix the lack of consumer-driven competition, combined with government mandates that artificially drive up the cost of care and insurance,” he wrote.

During an appearance on Meet the Press Sunday Johnson also blasted process that Republican leadership is taking. “There’s no way we should be voting on this next week. No way,” Johnson told host Chuck Todd.

“I have a hard time believing Wisconsin constituents or even myself will have enough time to properly evaluate this, for me to vote for a motion to proceed. So I’ve been encouraging leadership, the White House, anybody I can talk to for quite some time, let’s not rush this process. Let’s have the integrity to show the American people what it is, show them the truth.”

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