Marco Rubio: Young People Avoiding it Proves Obamacare a 'Failure'

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., pointed to reports showing only 21 percent of Floridians between 18-34 have signed up for President Barack Obamas health-care law.

Because of Obamacare, Floridians have lost insurance plans they were happy with, getting worse coverage, paying more for it, and now theyre on the hook as taxpayers for Obamacares eventual failure, Rubio said on Monday. By any of these measures, Obamacare is a failure.

If not enough people sign up for Obamacare, insurers will lose money and taxpayers will make up the difference, Rubio added. If not enough young and healthy people sign up, as is currently the case, taxpayers will have to pay even more.

These enrollment numbers show that neither enough total people nor enough young people are signing up for Obamacare, and its increasing the risk to taxpayers of bailing out health insurance companies, Rubio said in conclusion. Congress should take the bailout option off the table right away by approving a bill Ive introduced repealing this part of Obamacare.