Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his courtesy. This is what we lived in preceding the Affordable Care Act: 18 percent of the underinsured postponed getting care or treatment, and some of those people died; 15 percent of the uninsured had problems paying their medical bills, hounded, hounded, hounded because they didn't have the resources and even went bankrupt; 10 percent of the uninsured needed prescription drugs but they could not afford them; 8 percent were hounded by collection agencies because they had to pay for their mortgage or their food; 6 percent did not seek treatment at all. Do you know what that equals to? One hundred percent of those individuals suffering bad health care. Let us vote down the Upton bill, vote against the underlying rule, and let's promote the Affordable Care Act and fix it like the President has done. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the rule and the underlying bill, H.R. 3350, the so-called ``Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013.'' I oppose the rule and the underlying bill for two reasons. First, the bill will not save lives. Second, the legislation is unnecessary in light of the action taken yesterday by President Obama, which should satisfy the proponents of this legislation while at the same time minimizing the risk to the health and safety of underinsured Americans, who are persons who have insurance but spend more than 10% of their income on out-of-pocket medical expenses. Were it to become law, H.R.…”