Political Quotes

“The Republican majority touts their plan for offering people choices. Why do they not begin by giving us a choice of bills? It is unthinkable that seniors would buy into a plan that thrusts them further into the managed care and HMO market that today routinely is dumping them. It is unthinkable that we would commit scarce health care dollars to the costly, countless administrative structures of HMOs instead of relying on low costs, administrative efficiency built into Medicare. It is unthinkable that we would send our seniors to a private sector HMO party that private insurers say they will boycott. It is unthinkable that we would send seniors shopping among the chaos of premiums and deductibles and copayments, out there to snare even the most sophisticated. This rule gives seniors choices they cannot take and cannot afford. It gives them every choice, except the choice they must have, a choice between a cosmetic bill and one that works.”