What Republicans want to do when they talk about painful cuts in the name of fiscal responsibility is to cut the structural foundation of our safety net programs.

The issue is not whether we reduce the deficit, but how we do so. And that conversation must include a discussion about revenues.

The reality exists that an aging population means more people will rely on Medicare and millions of the uninsured will now have access to healthcare through Medicaid because of the Affordable Care Act.

the expansions are indeed sustainable, and in coming decades--in this decade, they actually modestly reduce the deficit; in the subsequent decade, they significantly reduce the deficit.

Requiring that insurance companies provide coverage to all who apply represents a big change to these companies' business models, isn't that correct?

My colleague asked if we know of any public health care system that improved outcomes and controlled costs, and I will certainly give you one, and that is Medicare.

The ACA contains significant premium subsidies and responsibility requirements for individuals and employers.

I appreciate that because it gets frustrating after a time whether it is communications or it is power or whatever.

the ACA is helping to create millions of jobs.

the ACA provides States with 250 million in health insurance premium review grants over 5 years.

Consumers have already received over $1 billion in rebates from insurance companies that failed to meet this important new standard.

The Republican budget repeals coverage provisions of the ACA and will leave 27 million additional Americans uninsured.