Political Quotes

“Gentlemen, I appreciate the very passionate discussion that you had about the way physicians interact with patients, and patients kind of expect that their care is going to be a personal decision between their health care provider and themselves and their family. My understanding, and the gentleman from Louisiana mentioned this, Independent Payment Advisory Board, are 15 bureaucrats appointed by the President. Do either of the gentlemen know, correct me if I'm wrong, they are by law--cannot be a practicing physician. You might want to check one of those 2,700 pages because I believe that the act by law says they cannot be a practicing physician. Now, the gentleman from Michigan pointed out something that every senior in America ought to really care about, or those who take care of seniors or whose parent or grandparents are seniors. When your loved one is ill, do you really want the decision about whether they can receive care being made in an office in Washington by somebody who's got to find a way to pay for that ObamaCare bill? Because, Mr. Speaker, that's the whole purpose of that Independent Payment Advisory Board. They've got to find $500 billion to take out of that Medicare program. Who among us doesn't believe that when that bureaucrat sits down, they're not going to be thinking about what's best for your loved one? They're not going to be thinking about what that physician or that health care provider's decision is about what the best care is.…”