Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said on Thursday that people don’t die because they don’t have access to healthcare. He’s also annoyed that so many people look at how these proposed policies would affect the health insurance industry.
Appearing on Sean Hannity’s radio program, Sen. Paul said he is disappointed that Republicans have balked on repealing the Affordable Care Act.
He said, via CNN:
They think this is about actuarial tables and insurance, and all this stuff. No, this is about freedom. This is about whether we as Americans should be free to buy what kind of insurance we want….It’s a freedom issue. It really isn’t about actuarial tables. It isn’t about all the ins and outs. We have always taken care of those who are sick in our country. We have never, ever turned anyone away. I’m a physician. I’ve operated in hospitals for 25 years. I have never, ever seen anyone turned away who needed care.
On another radio program a month ago, Paul said that it had been “hundreds of years” since anyone died because they weren’t able to pay for medical treatment.
Of course, there is an ample body of empirical evidence that suggests lack of coverage kills thousands of people in America each year.
It’s also interesting to hear Paul, a medical doctor, decry “actuarial tables” and what will happen to the actual Americans who will lose their coverage should Paul’s desire of full repeal become reality.
Of course, as perhaps the most libertarian member of the Senate, Paul is an absolutist about certain issues, specifically that the government shouldn’t really do much of anything.
You can listen to the segment below:
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