Jim McDermott Quotes
I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as my guideposts throughout the struggle to reform America's health care system. And it's those same experiences that tell me that fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform.
McDermott, Jim. "Fear and election hysteria should not overshadow reality of health-care reform." The Seattle Times, 20 Mar. 2010.
Actually politicans, civil servants, and private sector individuals who have been working with heath care all knew how complicated health care was. But Trump, who had no experience with health care and its cost and funding structure, when he was a candiate had advisors who were ideologues and had little experience themselves. So Trump campaaigned explaining how simple it was to repeal Obama Care, and replace it with legislation that would cut the insurance premiums, increase the quality of medical care and cover more people while giving consumers protections like no caps and refusals for previous conditions. When he got into office, he discovered that all his campaign ideas would indeed accomplish the objectives that he claimed but it would also mess up other parts of the health system. Nothing could be done in isolation, So he did not repeal Obama Care and made this statement to explain wht he had discovered since assuming office.
James Adelbert McDermott is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle, Vashon Island, Tukwila, Burien, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway, and Edmonds. He served on the House Ways and Means Committee and was a member of the House Progressive Caucus. He was formerly the committee chairman, then in 1995, ranking minority member on the House Ethics Committee. On January 4, 2016, he announced that he would not be seeking another congressional term.
