Political Quotes

“Going back to my board here, why don't Democrats want to force United to have to compete with Aetna for the business of that little guy so that he or she can buy health insurance, tax-free, like Intel can or Motorola can or the Federal Government can? Why is it that America's politicians, about to pass this bill perhaps as early as this weekend, don't want to force those health insurance companies to compete? What's wrong with competition? You mentioned auto insurance. I turn on the TV at night and I see TV commercials for every single auto insurance company I can imagine. I see one for GEICO. They've got their little gecko. I see Progressive. I see Allstate. I see State Farm. I see Farmers. I see all these insurance companies. They're all pounding me with their ads, and every ad says, Come buy your auto insurance from our company, and we will charge you less and give you better service. And yet, there's not a single ad like that I've ever seen on TV where Aetna or United or any of those health insurance companies who, by the way, don't want competition from a public plan but do want an individual mandate compelling us to buy their product, I never see them advertise to me and say, Hey, John, come buy our health insurance policy, and we'll charge you less and give you better service. Could that be because they don't have to compete for our business?”