David Schweikert: “I wanted to do something this evening in light of the angst which is election time. You hear somewhat sort of the…”

“I wanted to do something this evening in light of the angst which is election time. You hear somewhat sort of the hyperbolic language. I am actually hearing many of our friends on the left almost sound like it was 5 years ago, talking about preexisting conditions, ObamaCare. We have all come to a consensus, I believe, as a political body and as a Nation, we are covering preexisting conditions. So one of the things I want to share and I am going to tie this in to what we are going through in the pandemic and an opportunity to go beyond what is the debate of the Republican alternative from a couple years ago on healthcare or the ACA and how I believe we have changed it. Remember, the ACA was a financing mechanism. It functionally said who got subsidized, who had to pay. Our Republican alternative, functionally, was a financing mechanism. It was who had to pay and who got subsidized. What I am begging us all around here to think about is what we pay. Why isn't this body coming together and moving creative, technology- driven ideas to change the price of healthcare? Because when we are doing the financing mechanisms, we are not saving our country. Remember, the single greatest driver of U.S. debt over the next 30 years--and it is really difficult politically to talk about--is Medicare.…”