Political Quotes

“While I listened to the Senator from Colorado explain the increase in premiums, he suggested premiums had gone up 12 percent last year, and they anticipated they would come up 13 percent nationwide this year and the following year, which suggests that in a 3-year period of time, the Senator from Colorado tells us, we are going to see a 38-percent increase in health insurance premiums. Going back to a point earlier, how much will the Kennedy-Edwards- McCain bill increase premiums each year over the next 5 years if we are going to have 38 percent in 3 years, just the natural increase in health insurance; how much will this legislation we are debating add to that cost?”