Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to say at the outset how much I appreciate the very thoughtful advice that has been given by Dr. Barrasso during this debate. He comes to the floor, he is carefully prepared, he has done his homework, he has done the analysis, but most importantly as a doctor, he understands what the health care system is about. We would all benefit if we listened to his advice. The problems with this health care legislation just continue and continue. Each week this 2,000-plus page health care bill just produces more bad news, and it produces more unwelcome revelations. Not surprising. Not that long ago, the President, at every opportunity he had, would allay public concerns by saying to people and promising them: If you like your health insurance, you get to keep it. Those proponents wrote a provision into the new health care law in an attempt to fulfill this promise by grandfathering existing plans. Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a new regulation on these ``grandfathered'' health plans. Lo and behold, what did the new regulations show? It showed that 51 percent of American workers will be in plans without ``grandfathered'' status by 2013, in just 3 short years. In fact, under the worst case analysis, as many as four of five small business employees and 69 percent of all American workers will lose their current coverage.…”