This Week In Quotes: April 25 – May 1

by John Hawkins | May 2, 2014 12:02 am

The hidden truth is just around the corner–those more dependent on public insurance, mostly the poor and middle class, will have limited access to medical care. About one-third of primary-care physicians and one-fourth of specialists have already completely closed their practices to Medicaid patients. Over 52% of physicians have already limited the access that Medicare patients have to their practices, or are planning to, according to a 2012 survey by Merritt Hawkins for the Physicians Foundation. More doctors than ever already refuse Medicaid and Medicare due to inadequate payments for care, and that trend will only accelerate as government lowers reimbursements. At the same time, ObamaCare is squeezing out the middle class from affordable private insurance that correlates with far better disease outcomes than government insurance. By bloating coverage requirements and minimizing the consideration of risks fundamental to pricing insurance, the law has already increased premiums by 20%-200% in more than 40 states, according to a 2013 analysis by the Manhattan Institute’s Avik Roy and others. — Scott Atlas[1]

Mr. Bundy is not a racist. Ever since I’ve been here, he’s treated me with nothing but hospitality. He’s pretty much treating me just like his own family. I would take a bullet for that man if need be. I look up to him just like I do my own grandfather. I believe in his cause and after having met Mr. Bundy a few times, I have a really good feel about him and I’m a pretty good judge of character. — Black Cliven Bundy bodyguard Jason Bullock[2]

The president keeps saying the debate over the health care law is over. If so, he lost it. — Rich Lowry[3]

I think the Prime Minister is the first to acknowledge that Malaysia’s still got some work to do. Just like the United States, by the way, has some work to do on these issues. Human Rights Watch probably has a list of things they think we should be doing as a government. — Barack Obama[4]

If I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists. — Sarah Palin[5]

If the conservative base wanted higher spending, higher taxes, Obamacare and Amnesty, all we needed to do was stay home and let Nancy Pelosi become Speaker again. — Judson Phillips [6]

Do Republicans care more about the poor than Democrats do? I’m not sure we do. —Rick Santorum[7]

Endnotes:
  1. Scott Atlas: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304393704579528063516171576?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304393704579528063516171576.html
  2. Black Cliven Bundy bodyguard Jason Bullock: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/04/black-bundy-bodyguard-hes-not-a-racist-i-would-take-a-bullet-for-that-man-video/
  3. Rich Lowry: http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/rich-lowry-popularity-ratings/2014/05/01/id/568980/?promo_code=EACE-1&utm_source=GatewayPundit&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1
  4. Barack Obama: http://hotair.com/archives/2014/04/27/video-obama-tells-malaysian-presser-united-states-has-work-to-do-on-human-rights/
  5. Sarah Palin: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/04/sarah-palin-if-i-were-president-waterboarding-is-how-wed-baptize-terrorists-video/
  6. Judson Phillips : http://www.teapartynation.com/forum/topics/an-open-letter-to-the-conservative-republican-members-of-the-hous
  7. Rick Santorum: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/04/ugh-rick-santorum-says-hes-not-sure-republicans-care-about-poor-people-video/

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