Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today, as I do week after week--as a doctor who has practiced medicine in Wyoming and taken care of families in Wyoming across our State for a quarter of a century--to give a doctor's second opinion about the health care law. One of the central claims of President Obama and Democrats in Washington who voted in this Senate Chamber was that the health care law would extend insurance coverage for millions of Americans. That was their goal. They claim that is actually what has happened. The President claimed repeatedly that 30 million more Americans would receive health coverage because of the health care law. Well, after practicing medicine for 25 years, I understand there is a huge difference between health coverage and health care. When people have a health insurance card, then they have coverage. When people have access to a doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant, then they can receive health care. The New York Times actually pointed that out this Sunday morning. It was the front page, above the fold. They proclaimed in the first paragraph of an article that the President's health care law delivers coverage but not care.…”