Political Quotes

“Not only did that company give a whole lot of money to the Republican campaign funds, all of their different funds and all of their different guises that Speaker Gingrich has set up, but the Speaker has absolutely gone to the wall for this concept for this company, medical savings account, time after time after time when we have tried to pass legislation that would deal with preexisting condition. We have tried to pass legislation that deals with portability so someone can move from one job to another job and without losing their insurance. Every time we have tried to legislatively find a solution to that, which we have been able to do in both Houses in a bipartisan way, the Speaker is always saying we have to have medical savings accounts as part of this deal, and that is how it has failed because medical savings accounts do not work, particularly in Medicare they do not work, and it will ultimately cause the Medicare withering on the vine.”