Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to talk about some of the side effects we have been seeing from the health care law. When President Obama and Democrats in Congress were selling their health care law, they made a lot of promises. One of the big ones was that the health care law would save money. They said it was going to save money because people would be going to see physicians in offices for routine care instead of going to the emergency room. President Obama said: If everybody's got coverage, then they're not going to the emergency room for treatment. Well, just like promises about keeping your doctor if you like your doctor or keeping your insurance if you like your insurance--promises the President made--it turns out the President's claims about emergency room care weren't true either. That is what the Louisville Courier Journal says they have seen in the State of Kentucky. This was the headline on Monday, just a couple days ago: ``More patients flocking to ERs under ObamaCare.'' That is not what the President said, but that was the headline. The article says: It wasn't supposed to work this way, but since the Affordable Care Act took effect in January, Norton Hospital has seen its packed emergency room become even more crowded, with about 100 more patients a month. That is a 12-percent spike in the number of patients at the emergency room of that hospital in Louisville.…”