Political Quotes

“Today I rise for the families in my district and across America who are getting crushed by medical bills they never saw coming. Enough is enough. It is time we put patients back in charge of their own healthcare. Let me tell you what is happening out there. The average family health insurance premium now tops $24,000 a year. That is more than a lot of folks pay in their mortgage or rent. That is insane. Barack Obama stood right here in this Chamber and promised us affordable care. He said that if we like our doctor, we can keep him; and if we like our plan, we can keep it. That was determined to be the biggest lie of 2012. What we got instead was the most expensive healthcare system on the Earth with hospitals and insurance companies cashing in while working families foot the bill. In the last 25 years, medical costs have gone up over 121 percent, and since ObamaCare passed, healthcare spending has exploded another 60-plus percent. Even Bernie Sanders admits that the status quo isn't working. Just last week Kelly from St. Clair Shores called my office. Her family of four is staring at a $40,000 bill because of a medical emergency under the so-called Affordable Care Act. Eileen in Shelby Township is as healthy as can be. Yet her premium just jumped $10,000 this year. That is the ACA in a nutshell: You are in trouble if you are healthy, and you are really in trouble if you get sick. This is what affordable care looks like in their world.”