Jerry Moran: “One is that the new Republican majority tells us that jobs is their first priority. This will generate about 4 million…”

“One is that the new Republican majority tells us that jobs is their first priority. This will generate about 4 million jobs around the country we're told--and we can identify where they occur. And so we won't create those jobs, particularly in the health care professions. We are told that another high priority of course is to reduce the budget deficit. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office tells us that this will save more than $1 trillion through an emphasis on preventive care, by getting people out of the most expensive emergency care and into doctors' offices, and much more efficient delivery of care. But nevertheless, we won't save that money, and we won't create those jobs. One of the fascinating things is that I'm told by many of my friends on the Republican side that they actually agree to eliminating the insurance companies' ability to deny people due to preexisting conditions, it's just that they're opposed to the individual mandate because it's unconstitutional. The fact is you can't have one without the other.”