Chaffetz Served Reality Check for Comparing Health Care Costs to an iPhone

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is under fire today for defending the Republican Party’s Obamacare replacement, according to CNN, due to his statement reflecting Americans’ apparent choices of substituting health care with “that new iPhone.”

On CNN’s “New Day” Chaffetz indicated, “Americans have choices, and they’ve got to make a choice. So rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care.”

It is a well-known fact that health care can be extremely costly in the United States and much more so than Apple’s flagship smartphones. Users of Twitter have taken the opportunity to share their experiences with the cost of an iPhone versus what they’ve paid to use health services. The outpour of comments seeks to prove disconnect between various officials’ mindsets and reality.

6 days in ICU cost my family 310 iPhones, and that was when we had insurance, @jasoninthehouse

— PissedOffPreMed (@pissedoffpremed) March 7, 2017

Hey Jason @jasoninthehouse I’m writing this to you on my $600 iPhone, bought once every 2 years. Can you get me insurance for $300 a year?😂

— eli friedmann (@eligit) March 7, 2017

. My last surgery hospital bill was $38,000 Rep. Jason Chaffetz show me an iPhone that cost as much I paid $0 for my iPhone. Free w/contract https://t.co/5WFf39yJ9q

— KimberlyDewayn (@KimDSummons) March 7, 2017

My insulin, with no insurance coverage, would cost me about $3,000 a month. $36,000 a year. An iPhone 7 is $650. https://t.co/8bJm6TreSW

— Michael (@Home_Halfway) March 7, 2017

My broken ankle cost $117,000 so that’s around 234 iPhones @jasoninthehouse.

— roxane gay (@rgay) March 7, 2017

My phone. My bill for one surgery. @jasoninthehouse #Trumpcare http://pic.twitter.com/P7Ppw6ISlj

— Bernie 2020 (@SandersIsSexy) March 7, 2017

Are your health care costs similar to the price of an iPhone? Let us know in the comments.

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