Political Quotes

“The campaign rhetoric and politics of the last 7 years now must confront the reality of health care. No political party can repeal the basic economics. All of the features that make health insurance policies better today--the elimination of lifetime limits on health insurance payments; preventing denial for preexisting conditions; charging women the same premium as men, not more; keeping children on their parents' insurance policies until age 26--are wildly popular, but they all increase the cost of insurance. We cannot allow people to wait until they are sick to get a policy. That undermines the very concept of insurance, hence, the mandate to have health insurance. The truth is that the impact of the Affordable Care Act has resulted in healthcare costs rising more slowly than before the act. We have expanded coverage and subsidized care for millions of Americans, while improving the quality of health insurance. All of these reforms are, in fact, working. A reckless act to repeal something that is now baked into the healthcare system on which millions of Americans rely and benefit from--indeed, the entire system benefits from--would have serious destabilizing effects beyond the loss of coverage for almost 30 million Americans. Republican efforts to weaken Medicaid for the poor and disabled and undermine Medicare for the elderly means that almost 100 million Americans have their health care at risk.…”