GOP Senator Wants To Block States From Setting Up Single-Payer Systems
GOP Senator Wants To Block States From Setting Up Single-Payer Systems
So much for states’ rights!
By Jennifer Bendery 09/19/2017 04:51 pm ET
WASHINGTON ― Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Tuesday that he’s so opposed to the idea of a single-payer health care system that he’s trying to block California or any other Democratic state from setting up such a system.
“I think single payer is a mistake and I think it would be bad for a blue state,” Kennedy told reporters on Capitol Hill. “That’s part of my job in the United States Senate, to make value judgments like that.”
Kennedy is attempting to insert the issue into Republicans’ latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Under the so-called Cassidy-Graham legislation, states would be given block grants to set up their own health care systems. While the fate of the bill is unclear, the Louisiana senator seeks to add an amendment that would prevent states from using federal money for a single-payer system.
He said he sees no contradiction between his party’s strong advocacy of states’ rights, and his effort to strip states of the ability to set up the types of programs they want.
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