Political Quotes

“the so-called reconciliation bill or Mr. Trump's Big Beautiful Bill that the Republican leadership is now attempting to rush through the Senate is a rather extraordinary piece of legislation. In many respects, given the crises facing our country, this legislation does exactly the opposite of what should be done. Whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent, you know--no one has any doubt about it--that our current healthcare system is broken. It is dysfunctional. It is a cruel system, and it is wildly expensive. We spend over $14,500 per person on healthcare, double what most countries around the world pay per person. And despite all of that spending, some 85 million Americans today are uninsured or underinsured. And we remain the only major country on Earth not to guarantee healthcare to all people as a human right. And one out of four people who go into a pharmacy to get their prescription drugs can't afford that medicine because of the outrageously high prices. So now, given that reality, how does this reconciliation bill address the horrific healthcare crisis that our country is experiencing?”