Rand Paul: ‘There’s No Way the Republican Bill Brings Down Premiums’

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PAUL: “I will get to yes if they change their approach. And will they change their approach if they don’t get 50? I think they ought to. Why don’t we whittle it down to what the whole caucus agrees on. I think there’s a bill that all 52 Republicans agree on if they keep narrowing the focus. They’ve promised too much. They say they’re going to fix health care and premiums are going to go down. There’s no way the Republican bill brings down premiums. Look, I’ve been in medicine 20 years. I’m 54 years old. Premiums have never gone down. They’re not going to go down after the Republican bill. And it’s a false, sort of over-promising to say, 'Oh, yeah, insurance premiums are going to go down, but we’re keeping 10 of the 12 mandates that caused the prices to go up.' It’s a foolish notion to promise something you can’t provide.”