HE MAY NEED A REPLACEMENT PLAN AND IN AN SELECTIONELECTION YEAR
WITH ME NOW, MARK LAWDER,
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE TRUMP
2020 CAMPAIGN.
2020 CAMPAIGN. >> IS THIS THE ISSUE YOU WANT TO
BE RUNNING ON IN 2020?
>> IT IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT
HAS TALKED ABOUT SINCE 20916
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. WE NEED TO ELIMINATE OBAMA CARE,
RISING PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES,
AND DOING ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT
THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
A LOT OF THE ACTION THEY HAVE
TAKEN SO FAR HAS BEEN ON THE
REGULATORY SIDE.
REGULATORY SIDE. IF WE CAN GET THE COURTS TO
CONTINUE THROUGH PROPERTYCESS AN
ELIMINATE
ELIMINATE ELIMINATE OBAMA CARE.
>> YOU’RE RIGHT, DONALD TRUMP
DID RUN ON IT IN 2015 AND 2016,
DEMOCRATS HAVE
DEMOCRATS HAVE REPUBLICANS HAVE TRIED ABOUT 70
TIMES TO REPEAL IT, STILL NO
PLAN TO REPLACE IT, WITH NO PLAN
IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
>> WE CAME ONE VOTE SHORT OF
GETTING SOMETHING DONE, IT WAS
VERY CLOSE, THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY. YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAID HE
WOULD ASK A NUMBER OF SENATE
LEADERS INCLUDING RICK SCOTT,
WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH
STATE PLANS AND STATE
ASSOCIATIONS, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF
THIS IS DONE AT A STATE LEVEL.
SO THIS IS HIS EXPERTISE TO
BEAR.
BEAR. WE’LL SEE WHAT HE CAN COME UP
WITH.
WITH. WE HAVE SOME APPEAL COURT
PROCESS, IT WILL GO TO THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND
THAT WILL PUT THE DEADLINE TO
GET SOMETHING DONE.
>> WHY IS THE PRESIDENT NOT
LEADING THE WAY ON THIS ISSUE?
>> I THINK SHE LEADING BY LAYING
OUT THE PRAM TERSER PARAMETERS.
>> HE WAS CLEAR IN 2018 AND 2019
AND HE HAS BEEN CLEAR FOR MANY
YEARS AND REPUBLICANS STILL
DIDN’T PASS ANYTHING, SO WHY
DOES HE FEEL LIKE SUDDENLY IT IS
A WINNING AND BETTER ISSUE FOR
HIM IN 2020.
>> IF QUESTION COME UP WITH A
PLAN TO LOWER PREMIUMS LOWER
HIGH DEDUCTIBLES, AND PROVIDE
BETTER ACCESS TO WHAT IS OUT
THERE.
THERE. WE SAW THE FIRST DROP IN
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES ON
AVERAGE IN 46 YEARS, THEY’RE
DOING THINGS LIKE OPENING UP
ASSOCIATION HEALTH CARE PLAN SOS
THEY CAN LOWER COST, PROVIDE
BETTER COVERAGE TO THEIR
EMPLOYEES, SO IF WE CAN BUILD
OFF OF THAT SUCCESS, WE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO HELP WET THOSE THAT
ARE INSURED.
ARE INSURED. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2018 AND HOW
DEMOCRATS RAN ON HEALTH CARE AND
TOOK LACK THE HOUSE IN A LAND
LANDSLIDE, AREN’T YOU A LITTLE
NERVOUS?
NERVOUS? >> NO, YOU HAVE THE DEMOCRATS.
>> IF IT STAID DID, IT ALLOWED
FOR PREMIUMS THAT COULD
SKYROCKET AND MAKE THAT BEGUN
UNAFFORDABLE.
UNAFFORDABLE. >> AND THEY HAVE SEEN THEIR
PREMIUMS SKYROCKET.
PREMIUMS SKYROCKET. >> ONLY 2% TO 4% HAVE SEEN THEIR
PREMIUMS SKYROCKET.
PREMIUMS SKYROCKET. THAT IS 2% TO 5%, THE REST ARE
BEING SUBSIDIZED.
BEING SUBSIDIZED. THEY HAVE MEDICARE, MEDICAID,
THAT IS A SOMETHING NUMBER, WHY
NOT WORK IN THE PARAMETERS OF
WHAT EXISTS TO LOWER THOSE
PREMIUMS FOR PEOPLE INSTEAD OF
CUTTING IT ENTIRELY.
>> I’M NOT A HEALTH CARE EXPERT,
SO I CAN’T GET INTO SOME OF THE
FINER POINTS, BUT WE KNOW WE CAN
DO THIS IN THE PRIVATE SYSTEM,
BUT DEMOCRATS ARE OUT THERE
SAYING THEY WANT TO TAKE 180
MILLION PEOPLE’S PRIVATE
INSURANCE AWAY AND GIVE THEM
SOME GOVERNMENT INSURANCE.
>> SOME DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING
THAT.
THAT. >> MANY OF THE LEADING
CANDIDATES ARE SAYING THAT, I
DON’T LIKE GOING TO THE DMV, WHY
WOULD I WANT TO WAIT FOR A
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRAT TO MAKE MY
HEALTH CARE DECISIONS.
>> THE REPUBLICANS HAVE RUN
REPEATEDLY ON REPEALING AND
REPLACING IT AND STILL THERE IS
NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT, WHEN YOU
SAY LISTEN, TRUST US, WE’LL HAVE
A GREAT PLAN BUT YOU HAVE
NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT, I DON’T
UNDERSTAND WHY YOU EXPECT TO GET
THAT TRUST BACK ESPECIALLY AFTER
WHAT YOU SAW IN 2018 WITH WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE.
AGAIN, WE WERE ONE VOTE SHORT,
THEY CAN BUILD ON THAT, THEY CAN
USE THEIR EXPERTISE.
WE HAVE A LARGER MAJORITY NOW
THAN WE DID BACK THEN.
>> BUT YOU DON’T HAVE THE HOUSE.
>> LET’S WORK WITH THE HOUSE, IF
THE SENATE CAN PASS SOMETHING,
AND YOU HAVE A DEADLINE NOW
FACING THE CONGRESS BECAUSE THE
SPREM COURT ELIMINATED OBAMA
CARE, THERE IS A DEADLINE FOR
CONGRESS ACT, AND THINGS IN
WASHINGTON USUALLY GET DONE WHEN
THEY FACE A DEADLINE.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SUSAN
COLLINS WHO IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT
THIS?
THIS? >> I WOULD SAY WORK WITH US TO
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIND A WAY
TO GET A PLAN WITH A VOTE.
I WOULD ALSO SAY WE HAVE A
LARGER MAJORITY NOW THAN WE DID
IN 2018, SENATOR McCOWSKY AND
McCAIN VOTED AGAINST IT.
>> IS THAT A PLAN DO YOU WOULD
BE STANDING BY TODAY.
DO YOU THINK IT ADEQUATELY
PROTECTS PRE-EXISTING
PROTECTS PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS?
CONDITIONS? >> I WILL LET THE WHITE HOUSE
WEIGH IN ON THE POLICY SIDE AND
LET CONGRESS WORK THROUGH THESE
ISSUES, THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT
THE PARAMETERS.
THE PARAMETERS. HE WILL NOT SIGN A BILL THAT