They will tell us to 'trust them' when they say that their [healthcare] alternative is better than the existing law. Please don't.

These are politicians who for years have dedicated themselves to the absurd proposition that we are better off as a nation when insurers can discriminate, when the poor and sick can't afford insurance, and when we deny our ability to learn what works and what doesn't to control health care costs.

On this issue, they don't deserve our trust.

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