Political Quotes

“Mr. President, part of our job as Members of the U.S. Senate is to help people who have problems. This has been a very difficult time for many Americans and difficult for me as somebody who wants to be able to help people with a problem. As my colleagues have indicated, the letters, the phone calls, the conversations, the emails continue to come. The one I wish to highlight to my colleagues is from a person who describes herself as a 62-year- old female retired teacher from Wichita. She says she considers herself a middle-class American. She indicates in her letter that her current health policy expires at the end of this year, less than a month away. Here is what she says in her letter: When I inquired why, I was told the policy no longer meets the guidelines under ObamaCare. Yet, in the previous 2 years, my premiums have increased 25% and 28% respectively to which the answer from [my insurer] was that it was to help pay for ObamaCare. Now I can't even have that plan any longer. It had a $500 deductible and $1,500 Max out of pocket expense per year, with a $300 premium per month. After over 20 hours online, and multiple calls and online chats, I finally was able to see some numbers for healthcare costs from the Obamacare Marketplace, only to learn that the premium is 1.5 times what I currently pay, and the deductible is 4.5 times higher (and it's a different insurer). A plan [from my current insurer] was double the premium.…”