Blackburn: ‘Not Enough Progress’ on ObamaCare

BLACKBURN: "Not enough progress, and we certainly are wanting the problem to be remedied, and the amount of money they have spent, the deadlines they have missed, the waivers they have given, the delays that they have made. I think what we're seeing in the president's approval ratings is that this is unacceptable to the American people, and I'm talking to a good many health I.T. specialists, and, Craig, they're telling me they're very doubtful they're going to have these interfaces, and the appropriate integration done, so that it is a working system by the time you get to the end of November. What's causing them some of the, I guess, the biggest questions is what is going to happen January 1st and 2nd, when people who think they are enrolled in the program go to hospitals, and they can't be found in the system."
MELVIN: "Congresswoman, you know, you and I've had several conversations on the air before. We've talked about ObamaCare a number of times. I've got to be honest with you, it always sounds like you're sort of pulling against it. It sounds as if you don't really want it to succeed so that your point is made. Would that be an accurate characterization, or not?"
BLACKBURN: "I think that a more appropriate characterization is what we want to do is preserve access to affordable health care for all Americans. What we have seen with the president's health care law is that it is constricting, and restricting access. It is restricting choice, and options, and it is driving the cost through the roof, and that is not the way it was supposed to be, and you know, Craig, I think that it's important every once in a while when something is not working, to call a timeout and to suspend it."
MELVIN: "To talk about ways to improve it?"