Jonathan Gruber: ACA Was ‘the Single Greatest Expansion of Insurance in Our Nation’s History’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT WITT Joined ░░░░░░░░ by one of the ░░░░░░░░ of the affordable act ░░░░░░░░ Gruber President Senate Republicans ░░░░░░░░ very little wiggle room ░░░░░░░░ when it comes to ░░░░░░░░ this Graham Cassidy bill ░░░░░░░░ of the key components ░░░░░░░░ be to provide states ░░░░░░░░ block grants so they ░░░░░░░░ come up with their ░░░░░░░░ solutions You were the ░░░░░░░░ of Romney care in ░░░░░░░░ Does this state based ░░░░░░░░ have any merit GRUBER ░░░░░░░░ in principle state based ░░░░░░░░ do have merit You ░░░░░░░░ allow them treflect local ░░░░░░░░ et cetera That is ░░░░░░░░ in the Affordable Care ░░░░░░░░ is there a provision ░░░░░░░░ allow states to experiment ░░░░░░░░ s called section 1332 ░░░░░░░░ block nts are a ░░░░░░░░ Imy my kids I ░░░░░░░░ give you I m ░░░░░░░░ to replace it with ░░░░░░░░ block grant they have ░░░░░░░░ but they have half ░░░░░░░░ much money too These ░░░░░░░░ just cuts There s ░░░░░░░░ no other way to ░░░░░░░░ it WITT I know ░░░░░░░░ re very well aware ░░░░░░░░ the complaints of the ░░░░░░░░ ObamaCare premiums Latest headlines ░░░░░░░░ they re looking at ░░░░░░░░ of 17 to 49 ░░░░░░░░ deductibles are also rising ░░░░░░░░ well as the premiums ░░░░░░░░ people on employee sponsored ░░░░░░░░ 32 between 2010 to ░░░░░░░░ How do you fix ░░░░░░░░ GRUBER Well first of ░░░░░░░░ you introduce certainty to ░░░░░░░░ market It is well ░░░░░░░░ by experts that before ░░░░░░░░ election insurers had said ░░░░░░░░ year was a one ░░░░░░░░ premium increase that they ░░░░░░░░ to make up for ░░░░░░░░ fact they hadn t ░░░░░░░░ premiums in the first ░░░░░░░░ years of ObamaCare They ░░░░░░░░ settled down Their profits ░░░░░░░░ brewing The uncertainty that ░░░░░░░░ Trump and his administration ░░░░░░░░ introduced is a large ░░░░░░░░ of premium increases The ░░░░░░░░ thing is you provide ░░░░░░░░ to the market The ░░░░░░░░ thing is you need ░░░░░░░░ recognize that in certain ░░░░░░░░ of the country the ░░░░░░░░ are not competitive enough ░░░░░░░░ bring down premiums That ░░░░░░░░ government intervention Either public ░░░░░░░░ some have argued or ░░░░░░░░ other form of government ░░░░░░░░ to ensure there s ░░░░░░░░ competition to bring premiums ░░░░░░░░ WITT Let me ask ░░░░░░░░ about Bernie Sanders Medicare ░░░░░░░░ all proposal Which would ░░░░░░░░ provide universal health care ░░░░░░░░ the political realities of ░░░░░░░░ aside Is this something ░░░░░░░░ could work in principle ░░░░░░░░ So first of all ░░░░░░░░ s remember that it ░░░░░░░░ 100 years to get ░░░░░░░░ Affordable Care Act We ░░░░░░░░ to reform health care ░░░░░░░░ 24 years I think ░░░░░░░░ first key thing is ░░░░░░░░ have it make sure ░░░░░░░░ lockdown the gains that ░░░░░░░░ ve made The Affordable ░░░░░░░░ Act was the single ░░░░░░░░ expansion of history in ░░░░░░░░ history Two the con ░░░░░░░░ that Medicare is actually ░░░░░░░░ a very well managed ░░░░░░░░ in the sense that ░░░░░░░░ s a lot of ░░░░░░░░ health care spending In ░░░░░░░░ sense the key point ░░░░░░░░ we haven t really ░░░░░░░░ with the political difficulties ░░░░░░░░ getting there I think ░░░░░░░░ s a fine aspiration ░░░░░░░░ I still think we ░░░░░░░░ t grappled with the ░░░░░░░░ it s going to ░░░░░░░░ massive tax increase and ░░░░░░░░ s going to real ░░░░░░░░ up our system I ░░░░░░░░ don t objection the ░░░░░░░░ is ready for that.”