Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, in my district over the time span since the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare, was passed, I fielded many, many a call from persons who said they could not afford health care. In some of those instances, even though a person was able to afford the premium, they could not afford the deductible. A gentleman aged 55 and his wife said they would have to pay $27,000 out of pocket between premium deductibles and copays before they could use their first benefits. He was one of the 19.2 million Americans who chose to pay the fine rather than get on the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare. We suspect that many more will continue on with saying they would rather pay a fine or find a way out rather than continue to pay for it if this continues on as is. In the past, we have been battling many things under this with regard to mental health care. The past administration attempted to strip the protected drug class status for lifesaving psychiatric medications. We fought back on that. We also worked together, however, in a bipartisan way to make sure we had assured things for mental health care. This bill has several provisions which are extremely important. It has $100 billion which States may use to help in their stabilization fund to fund mental health care. There is another $15 billion focused on mental health care. There is $500 billion for substance abuse. Funding will be in there. My hope is that States make a decision.…”