Political Quotes

Dan Coats: I know we will be voting shortly. The narrative out of the White House is that this health care plan is starting to…

On the recordDecember 16, 2013
I know we will be voting shortly. The narrative out of the White House is that this health care plan is starting to work. That is not what I am hearing from home, and many are questioning this. The Wall Street Journal today published an analysis showing how the health care law will raise premium rates. We all are familiar with the President's promise that rates will not increase under the ObamaCare, Affordable Care Act. According to The Wall Street Journal, Americans-- particularly young, healthy adults--``could see insurance rates double or even triple when they look to buy individual coverage.'' Other groups, Oliver Wyman, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Milliman, all issued reports estimating that ObamaCare would increase premiums by up to 60 percent. On and on this drama goes with broken promises. The American people are learning and discovering promises were made when this law was passed--and all through the 3\1/2\ years leading up to where we are-- and assurances were coming from the President and the White House: Don't worry. Your premiums won't go up, period. You can keep the doctor that you have, period. It is not going to cost any more money, period. Those promises have been broken and Hoosiers are finding out about this every day. Regardless of the statements coming out--don't worry, everything is going to be OK, sort of take it to the bank, trust us--that is not what is happening on the ground. People are writing to me. They are calling our office.…
Said by
Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana
Source
govinfo.gov
Dec 16, 2013

Share

More from Dan Coats

Jan 18, 2021

I would argue that ours is not working very well and it is--at the moment.

congress.gov
Aug 1, 2018

The intelligence community continues to be concerned about the threats of upcoming U.S. elections, both the mid-terms and presidential elections of 2020. In regards to the Russian involvement in the midterm elections, we continue to see a…

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 16, 2020

If the Senate stood up.

msnbc.com
Aug 10, 2020

I can confirm that one of my staffers who was aware of the controversy requested that I modify that assessment, but I said no. No, we need to stick to what the analysts have said.

msnbc.com

Other voices in this conversation