Reid: Because of Obamacare, Millions More Have Health Insurance That Didn’t Before
"For my friend, the Republican Leader, to parrot what Donald trump is saying - "Make America great again" - America is great right now. Unemployment is less than five percent. Millions of jobs have been created in this administration. Millions and millions of jobs, about 16 million. There are no ground troops except in
I have trouble comprehending my friend, the Republican Leader, and how he can with a straight face talk about how terrible America is. Ah, things are upside down. It's terrible.
Remember, eight years ago when Obama was elected president - almost eight years ago - that month, our country, under the prior administration, for lots of reasons we've all talked about, lost 800,000 jobs in one month. That wasn't the only month. Our unemployment rate shot up in places like the presiding officer's state and my state to more than 14%. Unemployment in America was raging. Major companies failed.
I saw the Secretary of
And since then, under the last eight years of Obama's leadership, the country has been significantly turned in the right direction. For my friend, the Republican Leader, to parrot what Donald trump is saying - "Make America great again" - America is great right now. Unemployment is less than five percent. Millions of jobs have been created in this administration. Millions and millions of jobs, about 16 million. There are no ground troops except in
To hear my friend, the Republican Leader - we served here a long time - talk about the awfulness of Obamacare, you don't have to have a long memory to know what it was like before Obamacare. Insurance companies canceling policies, denying insurance, denying insurance, charging more because you're a woman or not writing insurance because you had a pre-existing condition.
I don't know if my friend is briefed by his office, reads the newspapers, and watches the news. Three days ago the word came out that the uninsured rate is at all-time lows in our country. 92% of Americans have health insurance. Is that bad? Is it perfect insurance? Of course it's not. We have 19 states led by Republican governors who refuse to accept
And it's interesting. After more than six years, we still have never seen a plan by the
The Affordable Care Act has shown that it has had a positive impact on its stated goal of lowering the number of people without coverage. Millions and millions of people have health insurance that didn't before.
He continues to complain, the way other Republican Senators continue to come down here - not as often as they used to because they've been embarrassed too many times - to complain about Obamacare. The Republican Leader seems to argue that things were better before millions of Americans got coverage, including a half a million in
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