WASHINGTON—Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) introduced a new bill, titled the “More Affordable Care Act” (MACA), as a means to fix the shortcomings of Obamacare.
Sen. Scott’s legislative measure is the Senate companion bill to Florida Congressman Aaron Bean’s (R) MACA, bill in the House of Representatives.
In an exclusive interview with The Floridian, Senator Scott argued that the U.S. health care system is broken because Obamacare drove up costs while reducing access to care.
“Co-payments, deductibles, premiums are skyrocketing. The deductibles have gone way up. It’s thousands of dollars now. All it’s done is cause the cost of health care to go up,” Scott said.
The Senator says his new bill focuses on fixing the problems caused by Obamacare by lowering costs and putting patients back in control, instead of just masking them.
“Health care insurance with a $10,000 deductible is not health care. So what my bill would do is actually bring the consumer back in and drive the cost of health care down. The only thing we can do to fix this is drive the cost of health care down,” Scott affirmed.
“As far as the Biden administration, what they did was they tried to mask the cost. Obamacare has caused prices to skyrocket, and so they tried to mask it by saying, Oh, we'll subsidize you,” he continued.
In a similar vein to the House bill, Scott’s MACA will use HSA-style “Trump Health Freedom Accounts” to put health care decisions in the hands of account holders and would also permit insurance companies to compete over state lines.
“President Trump is right, we have to stop giving tax dollars to big insurance companies and instead send them to families through an HSA-style account that allows families to use these dollars for any plan they want. We will also let them shop across state lines and purchase the health care plan that best fits their needs,” Scott said in a press release.
