Political Quotes

“Madam President, I was listening to the good Senator from California use a couple words, obviously, calling the health care law the ``Affordable Care Act.'' To use the full name, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a real Orwellian name. She used the word ``amazing'' about the act. She also accused Republicans of attacking women. Let me read an email I received from a 60-year-old woman in Spooner, WI, who describes an attack on her by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The email reads: I am a 60-year-old married female and have maintained an individual health insurance policy since retiring from teaching in June of 2012. Prior to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, my monthly premium was $276.16 a month. On December 1, 2014, the premium increased by 23 percent to $339.68 to comply with the coverages of the Public Health Service act. That is a 23 percent increase. In August 2015, I received notification that my insurance plan was no longer available, and in order to comply with the Affordable Care Act I would have to have new coverage effective December 1, 2015, with an annual premium of $661.94, a 95 percent increase. Let me just review that. Prior to the Affordable Care Act, this 60- year-old woman in Spooner, WI, a retired teacher, was paying $276 per month for her health care, and she lost her health care plan. She could no longer buy that plan. Another plan was going to cost $661.94--a 95- percent increase in 1 year.…”