Political Quotes

“Mr. President, promises, promises, promises. Day in and day out, I hear stories of the broken promises of the President's failed health care law in Iowa and across the country. President Obama promised health insurance premiums would go down by $2,500. They haven't. In fact, the President's own administration admits that nationwide, premiums in the exchange for the next year have increased by more than 7 percent. The outlook for my State is even worse, with Iowans facing more than a 12-percent increase in premiums. President Obama's promises don't pay these bills. Real folks in Iowa and across the country do. Mark from Urbandale shared with me that the double-digit premium increases his family faces for 2016 are unsustainable and that it may be more cost effective to pay the individual mandate penalty instead. Similarly, Angela from Centerville said that the plan she had hoped to purchase for 2016 increased by nearly $200, and that was the cheapest option for her. If she keeps her current coverage, her family will be strapped with a nearly $1,000-per-month bill for health insurance. She asks: ``How is it possible that the Affordable Care Act has made health care so unaffordable?'' Let me say that again: How is it possible that the Affordable Care Act has made health care so unaffordable? It is a question I get when traveling all across the State of Iowa. The answer is pretty simple. ObamaCare is wrongly rooted in a Washington-knows-best mentality.…”