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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Friday that one key element that needs to be included in the Senate healthcare bill is a connection between consumers and healthcare providers.

Paul is one of four Republicans who have said he can't support the bill, in part because it doesn't do enough to lower prices for consumers.

He also said the way people shop for Lasik eye surgery is a good example of how prices can drop when consumers are more involved.

"The reason capitalism doesn't work in healthcare is the consumer is disconnected from the product," Paul said on MSNBC. "Consumers do not make decisions based on price in healthcare, except for a few exceptions."

"Lasik surgery, when you want to get surgery to get rid of glasses, everybody asks the price," said Paul, an eye surgeon. "The average consumer calls four different doctors. It's a very sophisticated laser, million dollar laser, and yet the price has gone down by three-quarters over 15 years."

"When you connect the consumer and the consumer cares about the price, guess what? The consumer will shop, and when the consumer shops, competition works," he said.

But he said consumers mostly face fixed prices in other areas of healthcare.

"We're not really doing that in healthcare," Paul said. "Most of healthcare has fixed prices. Medicare, fixed prices. Medicaid, fixed prices. And even private insurance, no consumer shops for price."

Paul and another opponent of the GOP bill, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, have both suggested giving insurers the opportunity to offer cheaper plans that may not comply with Obamacare's strict rules as a way to lower prices for people.

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Sunday on ABCs This Week, while discussing the Republican health care bill, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he would vote for a partial repeal of Obamacare, but the current bill was not anywhere close to repeal.

Paul said, Ive been telling leadership for months now that I will vote for a repeal and it doesnt have to be a 100 percent repeal. For example, Im for 100 percent repeal, thats what I want, but if you offer me a 90 percent repeal, Id probably vote for it. I might vote for 80 percent repeal.

He added, Realize that the Obamacare subsidies in this bill are actually greater under the Republican bill than they are under the current Obamacare law. That is not anywhere close to repeal.

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Sen. Rand Paul said that the GOP health care bill may even be "ObamaCare Plus" in some areas.

"It doesn't even sound like ObamaCare Lite. In some areas it may be ObamaCare Plus, on the subsidy side," Paul told host Neil Cavuto.

Four Republican senators came out against the Senate Republican health care plan on Thursday, which means the bill is defeated before it even goes to a vote.

Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) said they would not vote on the Senate Republican plan in its current form.

The lawmakers released a statement on their decision:

Currently, for a variety of reasons, we are not ready to vote for this bill, but we are open to negotiation and obtaining more information before it is brought to the floor. There are provisions in this draft that represent an improvement to our current health care system but it does not appear this draft, as written, will accomplish the most important promise that we made to Americans: to repeal ObamaCare and lower their health care costs.

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Paul assured that next week's vote on the bill could still happen if the team of senators who wrote it are willing to negotiate.

'Conservatives want a repeal bill. I want a bill that looks like, feels like, and is a repeal bill," Paul said.

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Sen. Rand Paul said Friday that the Republican health care bill is an insurance bailout, which he doesnt support.

My problem is insurance companies already make $15 billion a year. I dont think the taxpayer should give them any money. So Im really opposed to giving money and saying will you lower your prices. I mean we could do this with cars. New cars are expensive. Why not have a new car stabilization fund? Mr. Paul said on MSNBC.

Mr. Paul, a physician, said the main problem with health care is that the consumer is disconnected from the product.

The reason capitalism doesnt work in health care is the consumer is disconnected from the product. Consumers do not make decisions based on price in health care except for a few exceptions, he explained. When you connect with the consumer, and the consumer cares about the price, guess what? The consumer will shop. And when the consumer shops, competition works. But were not really doing that in health care.

Mr. Paul said the current Republican plan only repeals two of Obamacares regulations, which he argues will not drop the price of insurance enough to be affordable.

He did say he believes that, like Obamacare, members of Congress will be mandated to sign up for the Republican plan if it passes.

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Sen. Rand PaulRand PaulTrump called Cruz to press him on ObamaCare repeal bill: report Trump tells Democrats they need courage to fix ObamaCare Fifth GOP senator announces opposition to healthcare bill MORE (R-Ky.) slammed Senate Republicans' healthcare overhaul bill on Friday, saying that it's grounded in "propping up" insurance companies.

He also called for the creation of a healthcare law that would reduce insurance costs to as little as $1 a day for at least some consumers.

"What I'd like to do is legalize inexpensive insurance, and you should be able to get insurance for $1 a day. I mean, you really should," Paul said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "The insurance companies make all the money; all of this is predicated upon still propping up the insurance companies."

Paul's comments came a day after Republican leaders in the Senate unveiled their highly anticipated plan to repeal and replace large parts of the Affordable Care Act.

Senate GOP leaders can only afford to lose two votes with their 52-member majority and still pass the bill. They also face pressure from senators who are worried the legislation cuts too deeply into Medicaid.

Paul said Friday that the Senate bill fails to address ObamaCare's subsidies to insurance companies, arguing that it continues a trend of "bailing out" insurers.

"I want the bill to look more like a repeal bill. I promised people I was going to repeal it; I didn't promise people that I was going to replace it with a federal program of bailing out insurance companies," he said.

"I mean, we could do this for cars," he added. "New cars are expensive. We could have a car stabilization fund."

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