Political Quotes

“in Texas, my constituents who are on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, otherwise known as ObamaCare, are experiencing an 18-percent increase in their insurance premiums. Now, if you look at employer-provided coverage, which covers many, many more Americans, those increases in costs are going up, roughly, in the 5- to 6-percent range. So you might wonder why the huge disparity between ObamaCare and the rest of healthcare. Of course, our healthcare system is pretty fragmented. We have people who have employer-provided coverage, seniors who have Medicare, low-income individuals who qualify for Medicaid, veterans who qualify for the VA system, or TRICARE. But for the group of people who believed what President Obama said when he sold ObamaCare about 15 years ago now, they have been deceived. I still remember like it was yesterday, the President said: If you like your policy, you can keep your policy. That was a lie. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Well, that was not true either. Then he said that average premiums would go down about $2,500 for people on these Affordable Care Act exchanges. Well, that wasn't true either. Years ago, I was attorney general of the State of Texas. We had a consumer protection division where we would sue people who would consciously defraud consumers, and if this isn't one of the biggest consumer frauds perpetrated in our lifetime--maybe in history--I don't know what is.”