Political Quotes

“Federal legislation already passed in 2006 offered all 50 States some Federal money to help set up the State high-risk pool to care for those people with preexisting conditions and offered Federal money to subsidize or to underwrite the cost of those high-risk pools. The reality is, every Republican plan, every Democrat plan deals with preexisting conditions because it's something that we, as a society, have already decided that we should do. Every single one of us knows that any moment we could be struck with a heart condition or diabetes or, like my oldest sister, breast cancer. We might be in the position and we oppose the, even, concept of someone being denied care because of a preexisting condition. But I don't think the answer is a mandate. You said you don't like mandates. Okay. Some people may like mandates. I guess the issue is do they work. And of course the answer is, in Massachusetts, they worked to provide coverage, but the cost of care goes up.”