I come to the floor today to speak, as Senator Thune has just spoken, about the disastrous health care results for patients of ObamaCare. You have to go no further than this Sunday's New York Times, the Sunday Review front page. It looks like a red cross tilted on its side with the headline ``Sorry, We Don't Take ObamaCare.'' The minority leader, Harry Reid, comes to the floor and talks about how wonderful it is. The President says: ``Forcefully defend and be proud.'' Of what? Of ``Sorry, we don't take ObamaCare''? This is the New York Times, a newspaper whose editorial board has supported this health care law. They talk about the pains of the health care act frustrating patients. It says: Amy Moses and her circle of self-employed small-business owners were supporters of President Obama and the Affordable Care Act. They bought policies on the newly created New York State exchange. We have two Democratic Senators from New York. Where are they to respond to what has happened to the people of their home State as a result of this law? They bought insurance policies on the New York State exchange. What happened? Well, when they called doctors and hospitals in Manhattan to schedule an appointment, they were dismayed to be turned away--not once, it says, but again and again. It says ``We don't take ObamaCare'' is the umbrella term for the hundreds of plans offered through the President's signature health legislation. This is the New York Times, about New York.…
On the recordMay 18, 2016
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