US Presidency
1993

If you're a firm that provides only very limited coverage, you may have to pay more. But some firms will pay the same or less for more coverage. If you're a young, single person in your twenties and you're already insured, your rates may go up somewhat because you're going to go into a big pool with middle aged people and older people, and we want to enable people to keep their insurance even when someone in their family gets sick. But I think that's fair because when the young get older they will benefit from it, first, and secondly, even those who pay a little more today will benefit 4, 5, 6, 7 years from now by our bringing health care costs closer to inflation. Over the long run, we can all win. But some will have to pay more in the short run. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the Americans watching this tonight will pay the same or less for health care coverage that will be the same or better than the coverage they have tonight.