Political Quotes

“I thank Representative Dr. Morrison for her perspective, from the perspective of an OB/GYN who has taken care of pregnant women and new babies and really paints a very clear picture about maternal mortality in this country and what cuts to Medicaid mean for that. It is interesting. All of us in the Doctors Caucus have been talking for years--in fact, for the whole time I have been in Congress--trying and trying to improve Medicaid reimbursement, to make it so that Medicaid reimbursement can match Medicare reimbursement so that more children can have a medical home. It is about expanding Medicaid care for pregnant women until 1 year postpartum to make sure that they are healthy and plan their pregnancies and that we can cut down this outrageous incidence of maternal mortality in this country. Now we are just fighting to keep Medicaid. That is the situation we are in now because Republicans want to gut Medicaid and take health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans. That is just plain wrong.”