GOP Rep. Tim Burchett actually admitted that insurance industry profits are a problem with the cost of health insurance in the United States, but like the rest of his party, still can’t be trusted that they’ve got any actual solutions. Burchett made an appearance on Kasie Hunt’s show on CNN this Tuesday, and the big tell that he’s not serious about actually fixing anything….
Going after Sen. Bernie Sanders who is for single payer, pretending Trump wants to fix this, and espousing “free market” solutions to fix the problem.
Here’s Burchett doing his best to “both sides” the problem and still pretending — like the rest of his party — that they’ve got any solutions to this in the works — which they don’t. Their solutions are allowing worthless junk plans back in and allowing insurance companies to deny coverage for people with preexisting conditions.
HUNT: So, one of the other pieces of this affordability crisis that many Americans are dealing with has to do with health care. Obviously, this is what Democrats say that they were trying to focus in on. Your Republican colleague, Mike Lawler, uh said that he is open to a one-year extension of the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act for Obamacare, so to help people pay those premiums.
