Quote of the Day 9/16/2013

This is an enormous change. Now everybody has the assurance regardless of their health condition that they can get coverage … It’s the largest change with respect to health insurance since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.

-Oklahoma Deputy Insurance Commissioner Mike Rhoads (Source: http://bit.ly/180eVOX), on the new Affordable Care Act insurance marketplace, which bans discrimination based on preexisting conditions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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