Political Quotes

“Madam President, I come to the floor as someone who practiced medicine in Casper, WY, for 25 years. I was an orthopedic surgeon for the people of Wyoming, as well as medical director of the Wyoming Health Fair Program, which reached across the State with low- cost health care screenings, aimed at giving people the opportunity to take more responsibility for their own health and essentially keep down the costs and get down the cost of their medical care. Today, I come to the floor with a second opinion on what this Senate has passed, what the House has passed, and what has been signed into law by the President. I come today because I continue to believe that what is now the law of the land with health care reform is going to be bad for patients, bad for providers, the nurses and doctors, and those who take care of our patients, and bad for payers--the American people--who end up paying the bill for health care in this country--the taxpayers of this Nation, people who pay for their own care. I believe fundamentally, as this bill has been passed into law, it is going to result in higher costs for patients, as well as for taxpayers, less access to care for people all across America, and unsustainable spending at a time when we are running record deficits. That is not just my opinion.…”