Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague. I would just add by saying I wish that officials from the administration could travel around with Senator McCain and myself as we travel around Arizona and go to Pinal County where people have no option--not even one. No option. No marketplace. Yet they are still being told you are going to pay a fine if you don't purchase insurance. Subsidies don't apply to you because there is no exchange here, but you are still going to get fined. Try to tell somebody that, and tell them in this system that the administration is making no effort to reform this. They are still defending it, saying it will get better somehow or maybe someone will come just before the deadline and enter the marketplace. I think it is pretty clear they are not. And in those counties that have one insurer, they are looking and saying: Well, hey, where will we be next year? Will we be Pinal County with no options at all? I wish the administration would travel around with us to Arizona and see what people are suffering with, see what they are trying to get, and it is not just a problem of getting coverage. It is one thing to have coverage, but when you get to the hospital and find out that you have to get care and your deductibles are through the roof, your copays are through the roof--putting aside the premiums you are paying. This competition that is supposedly there isn't in Arizona. Premiums have skyrocketed as have copays and deductibles. I thank my colleague for what he is doing.…”