Chuck Schumer: The GOP owns Obamacare’s troubles

Published May 1, 2018 5:03pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said remarks by former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who said the repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate would drive up insurance costs, show the Republican Party is responsible for problems associated with the healthcare law.

“Former Secretary Price’s comments and the new Commonwealth Fund study continue to remove any doubt that Republicans and the Trump administration own any and all increases in healthcare premiums for American consumers,” Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement Tuesday.

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