Story highlights "They've got to make those decisions themselves," Chaffetz saidHouse Republicans introduced a bill Monday that would scrap Obamacare's individual mandate and change the way Medicaid is administered(CNN) Low-income Americans may have to prioritize purchasing health care coverage over gadgets such as iPhones under Republicans' Obamacare replacement plan, House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Tuesday. The Utah lawmaker told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" that he wants low-income Americans to be able to have more access to health coverage. "Well, we're getting rid of the individual mandate. We're getting rid of those things that people said that they don't want," Chaffetz replied. So rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care.

Source: CNN March 07, 2017 13:41 UTC