Political Quotes

“As my colleagues have said, I think all of us have heard from hundreds of our constituents in the past week who have had their insurance policies canceled or their insurance policies have been made unaffordable by the Affordable Care Act. I wish to talk a minute about Greg and Linda. They live a couple doors down from me. I heard from Greg earlier this week. Greg and Linda are in their late fifties, early sixties. They know at this stage in life what kind of policy they need. They know what they do not need. They had a premium of about $400 under their old policy. They paid $440, to be exact. The new plan they have been able to find that matches most closely with what they had, after their other policy was canceled, would cost them just over $1,000--$1,055 to be exact. How is that affordable? The President promised: If you like your plan, you can keep it. If you like your doctor, you can keep him or her. Period. That has not been the case. The President needs to explain to Greg and Linda and to hundreds and thousands of other Arizonans who are losing their health coverage how it is he said they could keep their coverage and now they can't. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.”