Political Quotes

Robert Portman

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Sep 14, 2016

So, here we had a period where you would have expected some stabilization. Instead, you have just the opposite.

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Sep 14, 2016

I joined some of my colleagues to introduce what is called 'The State Flexibility to Provide Affordable Health Options Act.'

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Sep 14, 2016

That was not done with Obamacare, obviously, as Senator McCain--who was here at the time--talked about it.

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Sep 14, 2016

Our health care system was not perfect before the Affordable Care Act, but... many of the pledges and promises that were made just have not been kept.

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Sep 14, 2016

It has not stabilized. And, what is interesting about your testimony is, it has gotten worse.

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Sep 14, 2016

There is lots of debate about what we do, but just a lack of choice and the lack of competition, as it relates to costs--but it also relates to quality of care.

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Sep 14, 2016

Eighty-six percent of Obamacare premiums were subsidized by tax dollars.

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Sep 14, 2016

That second-class citizen you were talking about--that is, unfortunately, happening within the exchanges.

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Sep 14, 2016

I think, conceptually, it makes a lot of sense.

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Sep 7, 2016

the American people are shocked to learn that independent agencies who play a bigger and bigger role in all of our lives do not have to go through a basic cost benefit analysis.

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