8 Senate Republicans (try) to explain what their (Secret) health bill is trying to do

[Jimbo101]

Vox

Over the course of the past week, Vox asked eight Republican senators to explain the affirmative case for the bill. They rarely answered directly, at least not on the bill’s policy merits.

Sometimes a senator could identify a desired outcome, like “lowering premiums” or “stabilizing marketplaces.” But they rarely could explain the mechanism through which they planned on achieving that outcome.

How will Republicans lower premiums? “It’s working together and coming up with a bill that does do that,” Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas said. What tool will bring stability to Obamacare’s volatile exchanges? “By bringing certainty to the insurance market,” Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said. What new policy will lead tax cuts to lower premiums? “It’s teetering because the exchanges are failing,” Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi explained.

Read for yourself. Here are the transcripts of our eight interviews with Republican senators.

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[dchill]

1. Surprisingly, that all sounds like hogwash.

[LongTomH]

2. Surprisingly!!!!! Helllooo!!!!!

[dchill]

3. Sorry. Sarcasm thingy implied. :)

[bagelsforbreakfast]

4. would anyone even vote for these people for dogcatcher? (unless u are in a red state)??? n/m