Marco Rubio Attacks Obama's Health Care Law, Compares to New Coke Flop

Speaking on Mike Gallaghers radio show on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., continued to attack President Barack Obamas federal health care law.

As this thing gets closer and closer to being implemented, we are starting to see the dramatic impact that its going to have on our economy and, in particular, on small businesses and on the middle class, Rubio said. People that work full-time are now going to get pushed to part-time. Just today a report from the insurance commissioner in my home state of Florida said that in the individual market, where a lot of small-business owners are, their rates are going to go down 30-to-40 percent. How can we not look at those things and say, You know, we really shouldnt be doubling down on this idea? Thats why I wrote a piece yesterday that said only in Washington do we double down on bad ideas.

Rubio even compared it to a major business flop from the 1980s.

When Coke came out with New Coke and it was a disaster, they knew when it was time to pull the plug and go back to their original formula, and start from there, Rubio said. But not in Washington. When something is going wrong, they just do more of it.

This is not a partisan issue, Rubio insisted. This is not even an ideological issue right now. I think both Republicans and Democrats, and liberals and conservatives are going to be hurt badly. This is going to hurt every American in some way, shape or form. We should not be continuing to pour taxpayer money into a program thats destined to collapse, but more importantly is destined to really hurt our ability to grow jobs and our economy.