Political Quotes

“Certainly that was part of the promise that was given to so many Americans on why they supported this image. Look, we as Republicans, we know there are a number of things we want to see happen. We want to make sure that we're preventing illnesses, and we want to make sure that we're caring for those who are chronically ill. Sadly, regarding the high-risk pool, the door was closed on that. Many people who are chronically ill will not be getting additional care. We want to make sure that doctors can be paid for coordinating care of those chronically ill. Right now, getting people to make sure they take their medication, there's follow-up to get to their appointment, doctors can consult back and forth, a patient can call with other questions, nobody gets paid for that. They do get paid if they have more tests. So there's a fee-for-service plan. Quite frankly, it's tough for doctors to try to reduce costs under that plan. We would like to see those costs go down even more, and we support that. We want to maintain coverage for the sick. We don't want to see people cut because they're ill. And we believe that if people have a preexisting condition, they ought to have an opportunity to maintain insurance. We agree with those. What we don't agree with is this massive bureaucracy that Mr.…”