Political Quotes

“Back in central Florida, we had a townhall where we had everyone from Bernie Sanders supporters supporting Medicare for all to Donald Trump Make America Great Again, red hat- wearing Trump supporters, and all of them, regardless of the political spectrum, could not believe Medicare can't negotiate. ``What a sham'' is what they said. Well, today is the day. We are going to end the ban on Medicare negotiating. So you can wring your hands, contort the facts, but then you are going to have to go home and explain why you campaigned on ending the ban on Medicare negotiating and then you voted ``no,'' and then you voted to keep this sham system in place where we don't even allow the government to negotiate for lower drug prices. This bill caps out-of-pocket costs at $2,000. That saves $1,196 per senior for the over 124,000 seniors in my district. It also applies to the 550,000 people who have private insurance. What do we do with the $500 billion we save? We finally crack that injustice for seniors to get dental, vision, and hearing coverage. We hear scare tactics: Hundreds of drugs aren't going to be improved. Try 8 to 15, while 300-plus drugs, according to the CBO, will be improved over the next 10 years. So let's stop the scare tactics. And is it worth it? Of course it is worth it. Hundreds of new cures; finally giving dental, vision, hearing coverage--of course it is worth it. $1,196 in savings per senior in my district. Of course it is worth it.…”