Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on Saturday claimed congressional Republicans’ plans to repeal and replace Obamacare will benefit the CEOs of health insurance companies who met with President Trump earlier this week.
“So maybe it’s no surprise that Republicans are hiding this bill. I mean, think about it this way — politicians love praise and cameras. If Washington Republicans thought their plan would get praise, they’d let in the cameras,” Murphy said in the Democrats’ weekly address.
Murphy said Republicans are incessant about putting in place a new plan even if it means doing away with insurance for the 20 million people insured through Obamacare.
“This might all be good news for the health insurance companies, and that’s what they probably told President Trump when they huddled with in the Oval Office,” Murphy said.
Republicans have created a “fiction” about how the Affordable Care Act is unraveling in order to replace it with something that would benefit those at the top, according to Murphy.
He defended Obamacare from reports of rising premiums by citing surveys that “show upwards of 85 percent” of people are satisfied with their care under the plan.
“Sure, we can always improve it,” Murphy admitted.
Working with Democrats would be the most ideal way of reforming the law because health care “shouldn’t be about blindly trying to fulfill a campaign promise,” he said.
