Leader Pelosi Issues Remarks at ‘Hands Off Medicare’ Press Conference
Leader Pelosi. "Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here to protect the great pillar of economic and health security for the American people - all of the American people. America's seniors are central to our family life.
"I'm glad that we will be with Senator
"But I'm here to speak on behalf of the
"Destroying Medicare and making seniors pay more is not what the American people voted for in the November election.
"Today, we will deliver a stern message to the
"As Nancy said, this is something they had paid into. We are going to mobilize, expose, and defeat
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[Laughter]
"Hands off
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"Q: To
"Can you defend that remark?
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"First of all, of course, it lets the insurance companies do what they want. But it also lets individual doctors do what they want - and they and the insurance companies together will get together and decide the price. Right now,
"Q: The doctors...
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"Q:
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[Applause]
"And I live 50 miles away from
"So, to pick up on
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"Q: Who is going to pay for the expansions of
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[Laughter]
"The people who are going to pay for the expansion of
[Applause]
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[Applause]
"Leader Pelosi. If I can make a further point: since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the cost of healthcare in America has reached the lowest rate of increase in the more than 50 years that they have been measuring that increase. The more benefits we give people, the healthier they are, the lower the cost. Prevention, early intervention - and with
"So this is about lowering costs by improving the quality of access to healthcare and the quality of the healthcare. It's not just about healthcare in America. It's about the good health of America. Prevention, early intervention and the rest.
"So, it's a false economy to say: if seniors pay more, it's going to cost less to the federal tax payer. It isn't. It isn't. But again, none of this is possible without outside mobilization in this fight. We can maneuver all we can - inside maneuvering, outside mobilization. The voice of the people. If people have paid into these systems, they should get their money back.
"And I might add: with what they want to do through the Affordable Care Act and what they want to do in the Ryan Budget on
"So, all of this is connected. All of this is connected. This is an assault on the stability of health of seniors in our country - an all-out assault. And the American people have to respond to it in the most positive way. They responded to the Republican misrepresentations during the Affordable Care Act - total misrepresentations about it. And I'll say what they are. They said, "You took
"So we have to assert the truth. They were misled by the misrepresentations before. They have to be part of a testing - giving testimony to the truth. This is a fight about the character of America and how we respect not only our seniors, but their families. And if you're 75, 78 years old, you might have a child approaching 55 years old. So, this is about your family. This is unfortunate. We wish the fight would go away, and they would just face the facts, instead of instituting an ideological, right-wing agenda that is called the Ryan Budget that is embraced by [
"Understand what is at risk. Be prepared for the fight. Thank you to the outside groups for their mobilization. Hands off
"Closing Remarks:
"Leader Pelosi. You remind me that I should make this further point, and I especially want to address it to the question about cost. Remember I said that the seniors fell for - I don't know - the
"What I failed to say before is: the
"So, they're using
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"Q:
"Leader Pelosi. Well, we are waiting to see what it is that was filed last night, and we are diagnosing what is in there. We are disappointed about some things that are not in there because they have - it's almost a cowardly CR but, nonetheless, we'll take a look and see, as long as it does no harm.
"Q: And do you have concerns about the Mattis exemptions?
"Leader Pelosi. No. I think that our Chairman in the
"My friends, the overriding principal since the revolution of our country has been the civilian control of the military. Only in recent history was that diverted from - was it 1950 - when
[Laughter]
"Q:
"Leader Pelosi. You cannot the separate the conversation of
"So,
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"Q: I'm Daniel. I'm wondering - it seems like even
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"And let's remember that in my state alone, if
[Applause]
"Dr.
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"When you look at the most recent recession,
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