Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I first thank the chairman for the acknowledgement and thank him for the opportunity to take the floor. I come here because of new information that has come to light about the health care bill that has been signed into law. As a physician who has practiced medicine in Wyoming for 25 years, as an orthopedic surgeon, I come to offer a second opinion on this bill and now this law. I went into this focused on the sorts of things the President had talked about--lowering the cost of care, improving the quality of care, increasing the access to care. But I come to the Senate floor today with my second opinion because I think these things have not been accomplished by the bill that has been signed into law. For many years, I have been the medical director of the Wyoming health fairs--giving low-cost blood screening to people around the Cowboy State, giving them opportunities to learn about themselves, their health, and to focus on getting down the cost of care. Today, when I come with my second opinion, it is that this bill--this bill now signed into law--is going to be bad for patients, bad for providers--the nurses and doctors who take care of these patients--and bad for payers, the people who are going to be paying the bill for this new law, the taxpayers of the country. I believe fundamentally that in passing this law, this is going to result in higher costs for patients, not lower costs. It will result in less access for patients, not more access.…”