Political Quotes

“Exactly. As you know, on January 1 there were a whole new set of patient protections that went into effect and one was elimination of the 20 percent copay for seniors. They get a 1-year wellness exam for which they don't have a copay, mammogram, all kinds of tests for which they would have paid 20 percent copay. All of that is out now. The reason it was done is exactly what you said: a lot of seniors would not go and have those tests done because they didn't want to put up the 20 percent. Now they get it free. The Republicans say that costs money. It doesn't. It may cost money up front; but in the long run because the people get the wellness check and they have the mammogram, they don't get sicker. So we actually recoup the money because they don't get sick. I think it is a very important point that you are making.”