Political Quotes

“If I might, Ms. Kaptur, a fascinating piece of information came across my desk today, and it had to do with the Affordable Care Act, which our Republicans like to call ObamaCare. Hey guys, it's working. It's working. You just talked about spendable income. Let's see here: 2.65 million seniors, because of the Affordable Care Act, had an average of $569 additional in their pocket as a result of the discount drug benefit program. Wow. It was incredible. It actually, the 50 percent discount on brand name drugs, saved $1.5 billion for 2,650,000 seniors. Saved $1.5 billion, an average of $569 per senior. It's working. It's working. And also, very interesting, these kinds of statistics come across, and normally we ignore them. But the annual wellness program, 1,931,927 seniors were able to take advantage of the annual wellness program that is in the Affordable Care Act; 24,175,608 seniors took advantage of the free service program in the Affordable Care Act. So when folks are out there and they're putting down ObamaCare, be careful. It's not a negative. It's a very, very strong positive. And you'll like this one, Ms. Kaptur. Hang on a second. Ohio. One million, let's see here, 1,864,243 seniors took advantage of the affordable care and 50,178 seniors in Ohio took advantage of the discount, the drug discount. It's working. That's exciting.…”