Political Quotes

“for the past 6 months I have come to the floor of the U.S. Senate to offer my doctor's ``second opinion'' about the health reform law. Day after day, week after week, we continue to see disturbing news reports uncovering the law's consequences-- consequences that restrict individual freedoms, erode patient access to medical care, and increase our Nation's debt and deficit. Specifically, I have listened closely as President Obama and congressional Democrats repeatedly try to convince the American people that the health care law does not cut Medicare. Having practiced medicine for well over two decades, I can tell you that the Nation's Medicare patients and Medicare providers are not fooled. They know the Democrat's health care law cuts over $500 billion from the Medicare Program. They know the law does not use that money to make sure Medicare is strong and solvent for generations to come. They know the law raids Medicare and uses the money to start a brand new entitlement program for the nonelderly. America's seniors, and the medical professionals who treat them, understand that if we take over $500 billion away from Medicare then patients will lose benefits. They understand that if we take over $500 billion away from Medicare, then the quality of care will go down. They understand it will be increasingly difficult to see a doctor-- especially in rural and frontier States like Wyoming.”