Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utahhas attempted to walk back his remarks Tuesday that low-income Americans should invest in their healthcare rather than buy an iPhone.
Speaking with Chaffetz on CNN’s “New Day” about the new Republican healthcare plan, Alisyn Camerota said, “Access for lower income Americans doesn’t equal coverage.”
“Well, we’re getting rid of the individual mandate,” Chaffetz responded. “We’re getting rid of those things that people said that they don’t want. And you know what, Americans have choices, and they’ve gotta make a choice. And so maybe, rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and they wanna go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own healthcare. They’ve gotta make those decisions themselves.”
