Political Quotes

“The majority is very concerned about health insurance plans and very concerned about those people who have lost their plans. When this bill was originally marked up a couple of years ago in the Energy and Commerce Committee, repeatedly we heard from Members on the other side of the aisle saying that if people liked their plan they could keep it. Indefinitely they were grandfathered in. This needed a fix several months ago. The President of the United States has said he wants Republicans and Democrats to work together for a solution. We are offering to work together, and yet the President has said he would veto this. But the President offered only a partial fix. It will lead to more confusion. The question is: Will it lead to class action suits against insurance companies who fail to comply with the law? Many States are saying this partial fix is not sufficient. We need a legislative fix. We need a way that people can still have their option for buying their plan. What we have to see here is that it is a bigger problem for American families who have found that their insurance is lost and they want to be able to keep it.”