Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. But even before we get to those cuts, it's already steeply increasing the premiums of average, everyday citizens. There is no way that you can cover an additional 32 million Americans--I mean, this is an empirical fact: There is no way you can increase the coverage, add to the coverage of 32 million Americans, and raise, through special interests, all the additional bells and whistles into those plans and not see the costs go up. And why in the world the American people could ever get hoodwinked into believing that I don't know. And I don't think they did, which is, frankly, why they want, by a vote of 60 percent in the polls, they want us to crush ObamaCare and replace it with something that is common sense, free-market based, that leaves the decisionmaking up to the patient, and that is efficient rather than, again, some government-controlled program. We know that, also, finally--just kind of a final comment because I know we're getting close to the end, but increased coverage does not mean increased access to care. We know this. There are countries around the world--our neighbor to the north, Canada, has 100 percent coverage but they do not have 100 percent access to care. They have to wait often well past the time frame in which it takes to actually adequately treat a condition; therefore, no access. So what good is coverage when you don't have access? And we're going in that direction. So I suggest, Mr.…”