Political Quotes

“Well, I thank the gentleman. I've practiced medicine for over 30 years and still have a clinic and see patients from time to time. You know, insurance companies are a bee in my bonnet too. You hear the other side of the aisle talking about how insurance companies are the bad people. They're to blame for all of these problems. Well, I can tell you, insurance companies have been a headache for me, but insurance companies are not the problem here. They are not the problem. And if you don't like the bureaucracy of an insurance company, which you point out very adroitly, you're a customer, and you can always change who provides that service. When you get into this, not only is it 10 times worse than any insurance company and far more powerful, but you can't change. There is only one provider. Now you might say, Well, there will be a number of insurance companies within the exchange, but these insurance companies will essentially become utilities who will simply take the administrative cost for profit and basically do the work of the Federal Government.”