Senator Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioHillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Republican Senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal MORE (R-Fla.) expressed interest in a partial repeal of ObamaCare on Sunday, implying that a full repeal and returning to the 2009 healthcare system wouldn't be acceptable.

When CNN “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper asked Rubio if he planned to join his colleagues Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzLoeffler calls for hearing in wake of Netflix's 'Cuties' Health care in the crosshairs with new Trump Supreme Court list 'Parks and Rec' cast members hosting special reunion to raise money for Wisconsin Democrats MORE (R-Texas) and Sen. Rand Paul Randal (Rand) Howard PaulGOP senator to quarantine after coronavirus exposure The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by National Industries for the Blind - Trump seeks to flip 'Rage' narrative; Dems block COVID-19 bill Overnight Health Care: Senate Democrats block GOP relief bill | Democrats reveal Medicaid chief's spending on high-paid consultants | Trump calls question about why he 'lied' about COVID-19 a 'disgrace' MORE (R-Ky.) in insisting on a “full repeal,” Rubio indicated that returning to the healthcare system as it was before ObamaCare wouldn’t be an acceptable option.

“We have to put something in place that is better than ObamaCare. What I do not support is going back to 2009, because that system had problems as well,” Rubio said.

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Rubio suggested the partial repeal, instead of a total ObamaCare overhaul, would pass legislatively.

“And understand that when people talk about partial repeal, it’s because the process that’s being used for repeal is reconciliation,” Rubio continued.

“There are things you can do to a reconciliation and there are things you cannot. And we just don’t have 60 votes in the Senate to do things outside of that reconciliation product,” Rubio told Tapper.

Rubio regularly criticized the Obama administration for ObamaCare, largely leading the efforts to remove the Affordable Care Act’s “risk corridors.”