Mike Collins on Health Care

The problem started way back under Obamacare

Ossoff: We're going to repeal the disastrous Medicaid cuts that Mike Collins voted to pass. Mike Collins and Donald Trump passed the biggest Medicaid cut in history.

Collins: Rural hospitals, major problems. That's why in the bill, the working families tax cut plan, we put $218 billion in there for rural hospitals. The problem is, and Jon Ossoff won't understand this because he doesn't have to worry about health care. But the problem started way back under Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act. Y'all, I was in the private sector then. I remember that first year, my insurance going up 62%. And from that day forward, I saw our rural hospitals start to close or swap over to swing beds because they couldn't handle the mandates that were being pushed on them. When you let the federal government take over health care, then this is what you get.

The only people that get subsidized are insurance companies

Ossoff: It requires Medicaid expansion. But what you're talking about are the Affordable Care Act benefits that Mike Collins voted to let lapse. When you open the notice from your insurance company and your premiums have doubled, this man is responsible for that.

Collins: When you talk about these subsidies, the only people getting rich on these subsidies are our health insurance carriers out there. We've seen their stock go through the roof thousands of percent. You talk about these Medicaid subsidies. All that was passed under the Biden administration with Jon Ossoff. That was to cover the COVID period. If they wanted it permanent, they could have voted for it right then. But they didn't. And that's because they realize that all that ever happens is, the only people that get subsidized are our insurance companies, and they make more money off of you and me while our insurance coverage goes down.

I do not support vaccine mandates

A: I do not support vaccine mandates.

Q: What most closely matches your view on healthcare?

(Candidate asked to select from a list of four options):
• A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "Medicare for all," etc.)
• B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options.
• C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary.
• D)Tax-payer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be de-funded.
• (Candidate response): "Somewhere between C and D."