Political Quotes

“Again, it is becoming so complex. It is becoming so expensive. Again, the big difference ObamaCare throws into the equation is, in the past, responsible employers--and most employers truly care about the people who work with them--wouldn't have dreamed of exposing their employees to financial risk that would be obvious if they didn't provide health care insurance. But with ObamaCare, that is not what is happening. Now these exchanges will be available as well as huge subsidies. I am not aware of too many large Federal subsidies that go unused, and that is my concern. So the equation is totally different now. It is going to be totally different under ObamaCare. My question for CBO--I know they just conducted a study and did some sensitivity analysis, but they didn't go anywhere near far enough, from my standpoint. I think the largest number of employees they took a look at might have been 20 million individuals. But when we have 154 million Americans getting employer-sponsored care and the McKinsey study saying half of those, more than 75 million--I think we need to take a very serious look at what effect on our budget that would have.”