Political Quotes

“First of all, the arguments being used serially, one after another, are all arguments that have been trotted out by the HMOs for years now. They are the arguments they make to avoid any kind of reform. They like it just the way it is now. They are different than every other business entity or individual in America, and they want to maintain the status quo. The Senator knows very well that they are spending millions of dollars on lobbyists, public relations, and on television to defeat any kind of HMO reform. So these arguments go to a really fundamental question: Are we going to move forward or are we going to stay where we are? There is a consensus in this country among the American people, among the Members of this body, among the Members of the House of Representatives, and among virtually every health care group and consumer group in America, that this needs to be done--``this'' being The Bipartisan Patient Protection Act. There is a reason for that consensus--because we need to do something about this issue that has lingered for so long.…”