Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentleman from Tennessee and the gentleman from Georgia. Following up on what the gentleman from Georgia said, Mr. Speaker, the President stood there and told America that health care costs have gone down. Now, I don't know if the President has been in a pharmacy lately or been to the doctor or bought a health care insurance policy lately, but the fact of the matter is the price has gone up--in some cases, dramatically--and it's going to go up more, especially for the young, who actually are the highest percent of the uninsured of any age group. Look, it's just the facts. Folks, when they're 18, 19, 20, 25, they don't think anything is ever going to happen to them, so they don't buy a policy. And the policies now, I sat down with someone whose daughter was insured, and she had one of the HSA accounts, those health savings accounts, and $2,500 goes into the health savings account. The first $2,500 she would pay, and above that, the insurance would kick in. It was an affordable policy. It used to be less than $100 a month. Imagine that, $100 a month, guaranteeing that young person, God forbid they get into a bad accident, God forbid they develop a tumor at an early age, they have coverage for the really expensive things that you may need. That was affordable. I think most people would say $80 a month is affordable. That policy went up to $110, and this time the renewal was 22 percent more than that.…”