Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleague for her very thoughtful presentation talking about the implications of simply repealing ObamaCare. The assumption that many of my colleagues seem to start from is that before ObamaCare, the health care system was great in America, that everybody had health care in a cost-effective way and then ObamaCare came along and all of these problems arose. What the Senator from Michigan just told us--and I want people to remember it--8 years ago, if you were diagnosed with cancer and you walked into an insurance company, they would say: Why would we give you insurance? We will lose money on you. Your cancer may recur. You are a woman and you want maternity coverage? What do you think is going on? Why should we do that? You are a family with a kid who is 21 years of age and you want his insurance on your policy? Well, you couldn't have it. I think what the Senator from Michigan pointed out is not that anyone thinks the Affordable Care Act is perfect--nobody thinks it doesn't need improvement. But to simply throw out all of the benefits, for 30 million people to be thrown off of health insurance--during the budget hearings a couple of years ago that Senator Enzi chaired, I asked a question of my colleagues when this idea came up, and I would ask it again to my good friend from Wyoming. What are the studies you have seen in terms of the number of people who will die when they lose their health insurance?…”