Political Quotes

“Kimberly Cates is no stranger to the struggles that come with living without health insurance in America. She works at a health clinic that treats uninsured Kentuckians. The clinic does not provide its employees with health insurance. Over the last few years she has racked up $15,000 in medical bills and recently filed for bankruptcy. Last week, after a month of considering her options, Mrs. Cates signed up for health insurance for the first time in many years. The plan will cost $17 a month--I repeat, $17 a month-- and every hospital near her home will accept her new insurance. This is the difference ObamaCare is making, and Mrs. Cates is only one example of the success of Kentucky's new health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act. More than 1,000 Kentucky residents have signed up for affordable health insurance every single day since the exchange opened, according to the Huffington Post, which reported Mrs. Cates' story. Across the country, in States such as Kentucky that have opened their own exchanges, Americans are signing up for quality, affordable, insurance plans, often for the first time in many years. The national rollout of the ObamaCare Web site was rocky, to say the least. Problems with the site must and will be fixed. But we should not lose sight of important victories happening in living rooms and libraries and community centers across the country, victories like the one Mrs. Cates celebrated last week.…”