U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) gave a shaky answer when asked what is the GOP\u2019s plan to address the health care crisis in the United States as Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year. <\/p>\n
During an appearance on CNN\u2019s \u201cThe Source\u201d<\/a> on Tuesday, Moreno claimed that Democrats \u201cfailed\u201d to give Americans \u201caffordable\u201d health care. He argued that Obamacare has \u201cproven is that it\u2019s a total abject failure at keeping costs affordable\u201d before CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins asked him <\/a>what the GOP plan is to address these high costs. <\/p>\n \u201cRepublicans did not vote for Obamacare. They did not vote for these Biden-era COVID subsidies. The Democrats did,\u201d Moreno said. <\/p>\n \u201cBut Senator, you\u2019re saying that Republicans do have a plan,\u201d Collins noted, to which Moreno said, \u201cAbsolutely.\u201d <\/p>\n Collins then asked Moreno what that plan is and whether people can see it. <\/p>\n \u201cThe whole system can be looked at very holistically. But it\u2019s going to take three or four months to really bring a consensus to that plan. In the meantime, what are we going to do? Keep the government closed, for three or four months every time that we have a policy debate? This isnuts,\u201d Moreno said. <\/p>\n Moreno then continued to attack Obamacare before Collins asked him what the GOP plan was to replace it, noting that the subsidies are expiring at the end of the year. Democrats have warned that health care premiums will skyrocket<\/a> for millions of Americans without an extension of those subsidies. <\/p>\n \u201cThe increase is happening because Obamacare is broken. It\u2019s a complete, abject failure. There isn\u2019t a single Republican that voted for Obamacare. This is a Democrat plan. You should ask the next Democrat that you have on, \u2018What is your plan to fix your health care plan,\u2019because it\u2019s objectively terrible,\u201d Moreno said. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not defending Obamacare or the subsidies on that. But it has been 15 years. I know you\u2019ve only been in the Senate. You\u2019re new to Washington, relatively new. But some people may say, Well, there\u2019s been 15 years since Obamacare passed. We haven\u2019t seen a Republican plan to replace it,\u201d Collins said. <\/p>\n Moreno said: \u201cObama was president for four years. President Trump was president for four years. And then, of course, Biden came in and made everything objectively worse. And by the way, you can\u2019t defend Obamacare, because it\u2019s indefensible.\u201d <\/p>\n Collins then noted that Moreno admitted that Republicans had the majority across all three branches of government during Trump\u2019s first term without coming up with a plan. <\/p>\n \u201cBut you\u2019re acknowledging there was a Republican president in between those two Democrats who\u2019s now back in office,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear when the government shutdown might end. Democrats have vowed to oppose a GOP-spending bill that does not include an extension for health care subsidies that are expiring at the end of the year, and Republicans have refused to negotiate on the issue.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Sen. 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