Political Quotes

“Madam President, I met with a group of young people today. They have their whole lives in front of them. They are talking and thinking about what they are going to do in terms of going to college and what their careers might be. They asked me about the Affordable Care Act. I said: One of the things that is important to point out is that my generation is going to do very well under this act. We have caps on how much our premiums can go up, and we have Medicare out there. Then I said: Your generation is not going to do well. Why? Because your premiums are going to go straight up and you are at a point in your lives where you are not going to use a lot of health care. I am at a point in my life where I will use a lot of health care. This imbalance is going to be devastating to the younger generation. When they start thinking about starting their families, buying their first home and making an investment, what is the Federal Government going to do? It is going to place a crushing blow upon them in terms of higher premiums, and that is the reality of the situation. I will wrap up with this thought; I could go on and on. As a former Governor, I can tell everyone that adding 24 million people to Medicaid is such a flawed policy approach. I could talk about the impact this is going to have on accessibility for care by people who desperately need that care, but the bottom line is this: This was a flawed policy. I was here when it was passed. It is a policy that needs to be defunded.…”