Political Quotes

“I heard somebody say that nobody was listening. Well, I was listening. I have read a little bit from this book before on the floor about healthcare. It is called ``Demystifying ObamaCare'' by David G. Brown, who is a doctor. He does a marvelous job of going through the history of how we got to where we are. He says, maybe we need to answer the question: ``What does ObamaCare do? What does ObamaCare purport to do? What does ObamaCare not do?'' He says that those answers are relatively simple. ObamaCare is not a system of healthcare, nor is it a healthcare reform. It is a system of healthcare control. ObamaCare was supposed to significantly reduce healthcare costs, but instead it has dramatically increased costs for even those who are not directly within the ObamaCare program. ObamaCare was supposed to increase access to care, but instead it can actually reduce access (availability) of care. ObamaCare reduces the effectiveness of the safety net program, which is so very important to economically poor Americans. The quality of healthcare in America was derided when ObamaCare was passed, but ObamaCare instead reduces the quality of U.S. healthcare by reducing innovation. And then he says: ObamaCare removes a person's ability to make his own decisions about his healthcare and that of his family. It does so by removing the freedom to make those decisions.…”