Political Quotes

“Look, first of all, this rather outrageous Republican healthcare bill still will cost 24 million Americans their healthcare insurance; and if you are lucky enough not to be one of those 24 million Americans, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the head of which was appointed by a Republican, says it will also increase the cost by 15 or 20 percent for those who are lucky enough to keep their insurance. In addition to that, it has a crushing age tax that forces people aged 50 to 64 to pay premiums five times higher than what other Americans pay for health care. As if that age tax wasn't enough, in this new amendment, which most of us only saw for the first time at 6:30 this morning, they increased the Medicare tax for another 5 years by 1 percent, so Americans will have to pay even more in taxes. The last manager's amendment, which we just got the information on, actually would increase the deficit by over $150 billion more than their original bill, somehow without covering even one additional American. {time} 0945 So what is going on here? They are creating a bill that has more taxes with this manager's amendment, creating a bill that costs the American people more and reduces the deficit more, and then pawns off the hard decisions to the States, without giving them enough to maintain the essential benefits that Americans rely on, like prescription drugs, rehabilitative care, and mental health services.…”