Jeff Van Drew: “I am concerned that for many of my constituents they will be forced to either pay much higher rates or move as a result…”

It’s morally bankrupt not to do it and it is politically stupid.

But — there’s a big but with that — if we’re not ready, then we need to, for a year or a year and a half, renew the subsidy.

If you hurt these hospitals some will close, some people will have to utilize emergency rooms even more. … This is political stupidity; it’s political suicide.

No, I think that it’s possible. The point being that it is being done slowly.