Megyn Kelly vs. Dem. Rep. Frank Pallone: Obamacare Responsible For Dropped Plans
Megyn Kelly and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) debate if Obamacare is responsible for canceled health insurance plans.
PALLONE: They tell them where to get insurance. Look the bottom line is, if you are selling a lousy policy at a price thatβs too high, nobody is going to buy it.
KELLY: Thatβs not true.
PALLONE: And so they are canceling these policies because they know people wonβt buy them. Itβs a competitive marketplace. Thatβs the problem.
KELLY: But they were buying them.
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PALLONE: But they wonβt buy them anymore when they have a better alternative.
KELLY: There were 15 million people who bought them and said βI like them.β
PALLONE: Theyβre not going to buy them anymore when they have a better alternative.
KELLY: Thanks to you.
PALLONE: Well, I canβt go out as an insurance company and sell a lousy policy anymore at a high price.
KELLY: People like β why do you get to decide whatβs lousy? Why canβt the American people say βitβs lousy for you. For me, I like it.β
PALLONE: Itβs capitalism. You can go out and buy whatever you want, but the insurance company realizes they canβt sell this lousy insurance policy anymore.
KELLY: They were selling it, sir. You are ignoring my point. They were selling it. Some 15 million Americans thought it was great. You didnβt like it, but they liked it. And then you and the president β
PALLONE: Now there are better alternatives. (transcript via Daily Caller)