Kasich: ‘Outrageous’ Trump’s Cutting off CSR Payments; People Will Not Be Able to Afford Health Insurance

RUSH EXCERPT:

KASICH: "Well, chuck, I can’t read people’s minds, but what I can tell you is to cut these payments off. And the people are saying, oh, well these are some big bonus to insurance companies. No, these were payments to insurance companies to make sure that hard working Americans who don’t make a lot of money can have their copayments taken care of. It’s a subsidy to do that. And what this — what this decision leading to are higher prices. Some people will not be able to afford health insurance or people will have to make very significant choices. And I’m talking about hard working people trying to work their way up and out of their situation. It will impose higher costs on their families. Some people will not be able to afford it. What are they doing? Are they just passing these things and people are praising what the president did because of politics? Do they understand the impact this has on families? On people? Read the storof what these people are saying. What is the purpose of this? I’ve got to say, chuck, this whole issue is about people. It is not about politics. It is not about numbers. It is about people. And these congressmen that are seemingly willing to do nothing. I’ve got to tell you, including the Democrats who once this last Republican proposal died, they seemed to walk away from the table and not want to give states flexibility. Shame on everybody. Who gets hurt? People. It is outrageous. Think of, chuck, if all of a sudden I told you you and your family have no health insurance or it is priced so high you can’t afford it. Can you imagine what your life would be like?"