NRCC Chairman Stivers On Health Care: Republicans Are Keeping Their Promise To Fix The Broken System

National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Steve Stivers today appeared on MSNBC’s Meet the Press to discuss the GA-06 special election and issues at play in the race.   

MSNBC’S CHUCK TODD: Let me ask you then specifically on healthcare, do you view it as a net negative right now for your members because it’s so unpopular and that it’s going to take time to it into a positive? Do you think it is? Or where do you assess the healthcare issue right now for Republican candidates thinking about 2018?

NRCC CHAIRMAN STEVE STIVERS: I think only in Washington can keeping your promises be called a negative. And frankly, we campaigned on health care in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016, and we’re going to keep our promise. By the way, Chuck, the status quo is terrible. In my home state of Ohio, Anthem just pulled out of the marketplace. They’re the third big insurance company to pull out. I have 4 of my 12 counties that have zero insurance companies now in the individual marketplace and four more that have only one and no choice. So, there’s a huge problem in the status quo. We have to do something to fix health care. And frankly, I realize that the first bill we passed was not perfect but it was a good first step.