Political Quotes

“I guess this decision of certainty--I usually like choice coming through, and it appeals to me. I am a 50-person convenience store operator and have three or four convenience stores in the area, and I have people barely scraping by, working minimum wage, but I recognize giving people some insurance goes a long way. Some people say it does not matter; you still have your care. If you have insurance, you end up getting better care in the United States of America, it gets you in the door. We talk about the 43 million uninsured, and we all care. It bothers me in a direct way. I am that operator and I know I am going to have to find a designated-decision-maker. That is going to cost money because it is liability; it is increased liability. I do not know, but if I have a choice, I am going to say I am barely scraping by and it is just easier for me not to play at all. Dealing with designated-decision-maker, you have that choice. If that is the case, I fall back to the direct participation language, and the direct participation language has all of the other problems. The pressure of the system is going to be such because direct participation does not cost you much, but if you get sued for $120 million or in 1993 for $89 million or in the year 2000 for $80 million. That is real; just one case. If I am sitting in my convenience stores and I say designated, this is the new model created by the U.S. Congress; I am not going to participate in it; it is too expensive.”