2012 Penn. Senate Debates: on Health Care

Bob Casey: Shift $700B from Medicare to ObamaCare, but no senior funds

Smith's suggestion that Casey voted to cut Medicare is a reference to provisions in President Barack Obama's health care law that phase in reductions in reimbursements to hospitals, insurance companies and other service providers but aren't cuts that hit seniors directly. Ryan's Medicare plan would keep the cuts, while Romney would undo them.

Marc Scaringi: ObamaCare is profoundly unconstitutional

Welch agreed with Scaringi's position to take government out of the picture, but added that health care reform was needed long before Obama took office.

Steve Welch: Lunacy that consumers don't know real prices

Welch agreed with Scaringi's position to take government out of the picture, but added that health care reform was needed long before Obama took office. "Let's be honest with ourselves, health care was broken before ObamaCare and Republicans need to acknowledge that," Welch said. "ObamaCare broke it even further." He added that when compared to most economic models, the American health care system is inherently flawed. "Think about the lunacy of a marketplace where the consumer doesn't know what the real price is," Welch said.

Sam Rohrer: ObamaCare is big government mentality

Rohrer called the Affordable Care Act a "big government mentality." He said even before the measure was passed, the nation's health care system was being incrementally destroyed. Now, as time goes on, it will become increasingly difficult to repeal Affordable Care.