Political Quotes

“tomorrow, we are going to vote on two different visions of how to cover the cost of health insurance on the ObamaCare exchanges. Democrats want to cover the cost of health insurance to benefit insurance companies. I will tell you why I am saying that--because I can make that case. Republicans want to cover the cost of health insurance for the actual person who is buying the insurance--the patient, if you will. That is the difference between the Democratic plan and the Republican Health Care Freedom for Patients Act. So let me just kind of build that out. How do we make healthcare affordable again? First, the Democrats want people to pay $6,000 out of pocket before the insurance kicks in. The Republicans want to put thousands of dollars in the patient's pocket so she has that to pay before she actually gets into her deductible. Let me demonstrate with this chart. The Democratic plan is to give 100 percent of the money to the insurance company of which the insurance company takes 20 percent for profit and overhead. Then it uses the rest of the 80 percent to pay for the insurance that they think--that they agree--the patient needs. Our plan puts the money in the patient's purse, her pocketbook, her wallet. One hundred percent of the money in there is used for the care she knows she needs. She doesn't have to get permission from the insurance company. She knows she needs it. She can see her doctor, her dentist. She can get her pharmaceuticals.…”