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Sen. Rand Paul, one of the key Republicans senators in the ongoing health care battle, said on Sunday that his party has "promised too much" with trying to fix the health care system and assuring that the cost of premiums will be lowered.

They've promised too much. They say they're going to fix health care and premiums are going to down, Paul said on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" of his party's health care plan unveiled Thursday. "There's no way the Republican bill brings down premiums."

As an ophthalmologist with 20 years of experience practicing medicine, Paul argued, Premiums have never gone down. They're not going to go down after the Republican bill."

Paul added, "And it's a false, sort of over-promising to say, 'Oh, yes, insurance premiums are going to go down but we're keeping 10 of the 12 mandates that caused the prices to go up.' It's a foolish notion to promise something you can't provide.

As one of five Republican senators that announced opposition to the bill in its current form, Paul said he would consider voting for partial repeal of Obamacare, if theres a stalemate, but argued the Senate bill isnt anywhere close to repeal.

What we can do is if they cannot get 50 votes, if they get to impasse, I've been telling leadership for months now I'll vote for a repeal," Paul said. "And it doesn't have to be 100 percent repeal. So, for example, I'm for 100 percent repeal, that's what I want. But if you offer me 90 percent repeal, I'd probably would vote it. I might vote for 80 percent repeal.

Paul also proposed whittling down the current version of the bill to areas where Republicans have agreement, and tackling contentious issues later down the road.

If there's dissent on Medicaid, why don't we come back in six months and say, you know what, let's work with Democrats, Paul said. I think there's a bill that all 52 Republicans agree on if they keep narrowing the focus.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins, in an interview Sunday on ABC News' "This Week," said its hard for her to imagine the Senate health care bill passing this week.

As conservatives like Paul on the right say the bill doesnt do enough to repeal Obamacare, moderates like Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, express concerns that the bill put forward by senior leadership would harm the nations most vulnerable.

I want to wait to see the CBO [Congressional Budget Office] analysis, but I have very serious concerns about the bill, she told ABC News' Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, referring to the non-partisan analysis of the legislations impact that is expected as early as Monday.

The Maine senator said she respectfully disagrees with White House Counselor Kellyanne Conways assessment that the Senate bill isnt a cut to Medicaid.

Based on what I've seen, given the inflation rate that would be applied in the outer years to the Medicaid program, the Senate bill is going to have more impact on the Medicaid program than even the House bill, she said.

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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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