Rangel Reassures CMS that GOP Is Always Attacking Programs like ObamaCare

‘It should give you some small comfort to know that historically the Republican Party always fought vigorously against these type of programs’

RANGEL: "It should give you some small comfort to know that historically the Republican Party always fought vigorously against these type of programs. I don't think that one Republican voted for the Social Security act even though those old enough enjoy the benefits."
CONGRESSMAN: "That's not accurate."
RANGEL: "Well, we'll see, maybe one or two. I don't know."
CONGRESSMAN: "No."
RANGEL: "But they opposed Medicare. I spoke with President Johnson, and he shared with me at the ranch the people that had signed off on Medicare. And anyway, it's Big Government even if it saves lives. Who cares. You're against Big Government, so why should Obama be spared the attack because he wants Americans to be healthy and strong and productive? We have to be consistent, and you guys and ladies have been. What I don't understand is that people aren't born as Republican and Democrats. And there has to be somebody regardless of party label that has suffered the embarrassment and the pain of being denied an insurance policy because they have been sick before."

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