Patrick Kennedy: “I think what this reconciliation bill really does is it shows where the majority party, the Republican party's, true…”

“I think what this reconciliation bill really does is it shows where the majority party, the Republican party's, true priorities are. Clearly, their priorities are not with our Nation's senior citizens, who are now going to get the cold shoulder because of the MSA accounts that are provided for in this bill, which basically allows the skimming to be done by insurance companies, so they can get the healthiest and wealthiest who do not have to pay the deductible, and be able to target those very healthy and wealthy people, leaving the poorest elderly, the most frail elderly, the ones that have the most costs to bear with respect to that. In addition to that, the bill also, as the gentleman said, makes sure that we do not provide the needed investment for health insurance for children, making sure that all the children in this country get the necessary health care that they need. Finally, as the gentleman mentioned, all this does is shift the burden of our taxes from the top 1 percent of this country to the bottom 60 percent.”