Senator Marshall: We Know Obamacare Is a Miserable Failure
Senator Marshall Joins Washington Watch to Discuss The ACA, & The Epstein Files
Washington – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Tony Perkins with the Family Research Council’s Washington Watch to discuss using the Hyde Amendment to keep abortion funding out of future healthcare spending, what the Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will look like, and the Senate vote on the Epstein Files resolution.
Click HERE or on the image above to watch Senator Marshall’s full interview.
On keeping taxpayers’ funds from going towards abortion:
“Well, Tony, we’ve got your back on this one. Whatever we do, if we do anything, we’re going to use the Hyde Amendment language to protect any type of federal dollars. When the ACA was written, they didn’t do a good job of protecting those dollars. So, if we take some of that money from the big, rich insurance companies and give it to people out there, hard-working Americans, we’re going to make sure that it has life protections as well as protections from transgender surgeries, those types of things. So, we hear you loud and clear. We hear your listeners loud and clear, and we’re going to make sure that we protect the sanctity of life.”
On the alternative healthcare program that Republicans want to introduce:
Senator Marshall: “Tony, to me, the number one thing we need to do with the ACA is get rid of the fraud. There’s probably 25 or $50 billion of fraud going on in there. There are some simple principles that we can attach to that. The next thing we need to do is, we’re giving $150 billion a year to very successful insurance companies, monopolies in many cases, let’s take some of that money and put it in the hands of consumers out there.
“And if they want to choose a health ministry plan, if they want to choose an association healthcare plan, then they can do that as well, as long as it’s Hyde-protected as well. So, I think that’s the principle. And the other principle we’ll be using is transparency. That we want to require hospitals, surgery centers, imaging centers, to put a price tag on everything that they do before you have the procedure.”
Tony Perkins: “Senator Marshall, is that kind of like school choice, just giving the end user more of a choice in the process?”
Senator Marshall: “Yeah, you got it. I mean, it’s the founding principle of our founding fathers, is to let the hard-working American people decide what’s best for them: where they want to go to church, where they want their children to go to school, where to get their healthcare done, and how to pay for it as well. What we know is that Obamacare was a miserable failure, and that premiums have doubled. The average deductible for a family of four is around $7,000 to $9,000 a year, making healthcare essentially unaffordable for many, many Americans.”
On the necessity to release the Epstein files:
“Yeah. Tony, absolutely. Since day number one, since I first heard of this, I’ve called for the release of everything. And I mean everything. Of course, we want to protect the innocent, protect the victims, but you know, beyond being a Senator, I’m a father and a grandfather of a daughter and grandchildren. And I think when you saw how these young ladies were sexually abused, we know that they can never get that part of their life back, and some have committed suicide. Others are traumatized for life, and all the therapy in the world, it’s hard to put it all back together again. So, we need to connect the dots here, hold the people accountable, and certainly let the American people know as well. So I certainly, like I said, from day number one, I call for the release of everything. And I mean everything, beyond something that would identify the victims.”
On whether or not the Senate will make any changes to the Epstein files resolution:
Senator Marshall: “Yeah, Tony, we’re definitely going to take it up. We’re going to see if we can make some technical changes, like you mentioned here. That we can give better protection to the victims, make sure it follows the Constitution, and make sure everything’s released right now. The way I read this resolution right now, it says that if there’s someone under investigation that they don’t have to release that part. I’m ready to rip the band-aid off I just want it all out there. So, we are taking it up. We’ll see if we can make a couple of easy technical changes to improve it and get everything out there.”
Tony Perkins: “So, Senator Thune and the Leadership, they’re committed to moving forward with the vote?”
Senator Marshall: “Oh, absolutely. And I don’t know whether it’ll be tonight or tomorrow; things in the Senate move a little slowly. That’s what we’re supposed to do. You know, the House is the coffee cup, and we’re the saucer. Let’s make sure we get this right. And again, my principles are, let’s make sure we protect the victims, and number two, make sure we get everything out there that we can. So, maybe we can make a couple of short tweaks tonight and maybe vote on it either later tonight or in the morning.”
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