Statements about Health Care
The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on health care that will include Americans’ "personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets."
The IRS is "going to be in charge of our health care."
"The IRS will have the ability potentially" to deny or delay health care.
"The Affordable Care Act is bringing the cost of health care in our country down."
For people with insurance, the only impact of the health care law "is that their insurance is stronger, better and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That's it. They don't have to worry about anything else."
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
"Expanding Medicaid will worsen health care options for the most vulnerable among us in Texas."
Says that under President Barack Obama’s health care law, "your insurance" premiums could go up by 200 percent and cost "as much as a new Explorer."
"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."
If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."
"Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of (Medicare’s) health care costs."
The tax penalty that the government imposes if you don't buy health insurance "is lower than it would have cost to buy insurance."
Says Mitt Romney wants to "get rid of Planned Parenthood."
"There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms."
Says Mitt Romney suggested that "employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage."
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would "eliminate the guarantee of Medicare."
Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.
"Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan."
Because of Obamacare, "over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up -- it's true -- but they've gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years."
"Right now, the (Congressional Budget Office) says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year."
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