Political Quotes

“I am pleased to respond to that concern by saying that negotiations at the State level are coming along very successfully, and so far 13 States have been successful at getting insurance companies to enter into an agreement to provide the coverage to these displaced workers under the consumer protections in the bill. Thirteen States. What concerns us about raising this issue at this time is that we think it sends a very bad signal from Congress to the States and the insurance companies in negotiations with them, that they might not have to comply with these consumer protections. As an old insurance commissioner, I know darn well you give an insurance company the chance of not offering coverage to everybody, but, rather, cherry-picking, picking only the ones they want to cover as opposed to the mandate that they cover everybody, well, they are going to want to cherry-pick.”