Quotes About Policy

I don't think it's government's job to find health care for people. I think it's the individual's job to find health care.

I'm against the president's health care law because I don't agree that it's going to achieve its goals. I believe in the goals.

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

I have people coming to me every day, coming to my office, with life-threatening diseases - life-threatening diseases - and they were dropped from their health care because of the Affordable Care Act.

Having access to affordable, available health care is not a Republican or Democrat issue.

Replacing your family's current health care with government-run health care is not the answer. In fact, it'll make health care much more expensive.

What Americans want is more affordable health care.

You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care.

What we believe is that health care should be a right in this country; I happen to believe that means that we should be for single-payer.

What you see is when the government gets involved, you run out of money and health care gets rationed.

The American public believes that health care is a right and not a commodity.

Capitalism can't deliver decent health care.

I want to give consumers way more choices in health care. Choice and competition always drive down costs better than central control.

Medicaid is one of the most failed forms of health care.

You want to talk about something that truly changes the game in this country, Medicaid is one of the most failed forms of health care.

Health care is a human right, and single-payer health care will deliver quality, affordable care to every Illinoisan.

Everyone in this country has a right to quality, affordable health care.

Health care costs are an issue both for the government and for our larger economy.

Governor Kasich and I won't agree on everything, but agree we've got to control the rise in health care costs on all levels.

As governor, I'll work to lower health care costs for all of us.

If we were to build a health care system from scratch, single-payer would be the way to go. But we have a very complex health care system in America.

The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it.

America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.

I want to see a universal health care system.