Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to talk about two basic topics today. But first, for today, in light of the news that so many people have been discussing today and reporting on today, which is the implementation today of some parts of our health care bill, the Affordable Care Act, which we passed back in March after many months of debate and work on that legislation, one of the most popular but essential elements to that bill was a whole series of consumer protections which in some ways does not fully describe what they are. I would rather use the phrase ``family safeguards,'' to give families some peace of mind not just on the broader question of insurance coverage for those who get sick and need coverage. We all need health insurance at some point in our life, sometimes more than others, but especially if you are a child with a preexisting condition. For so many years we have allowed a system to say to that child and to his or her family: We know you have a preexisting condition. It might be something serious and life threatening, but the system does not allow you to be covered for one reason or another. Finally, at long last, in 2010, we said no to that denial. So now we are able to say that fear that a child would feel, especially his or her family, can now have peace of mind to know that if a child in the United States has a preexisting condition, that will not be a bar to coverage, therefore, to treatment. Of course, it also impacts adults.…”