Quotes About Healthcare

When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat majorities, the die was cast. ObamaCare was coming. Popular or not, constitutional or not, affordable or not, it didn't matter.

This is a very difficult question. If you take a look at the aging population and demographics, we are going to have a big increase in the number of health care jobs needed in the state and in the country.

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

I wanted to go from seeing the individual patient to seeing the plural - the whole population as a market. You want to see the larger population, yet at the same time you need to understand the impact of decisions on individuals.

Bring market forces to bear on health care insurers. Creating a health care 'exchange,' one of the better ideas included in House Bill 3200, creates affordable, accessible and portable insurance for millions of Americans.

We should work to de-link health insurance from employment so if you lose your job, your health insurance goes with you and it is personal, portable and affordable.

The Democratic position seems to be everything is going to be free. Free education. Free health care. Free housing. Free love. Free kittens, I don't know.

The CHIP program, even if the parliamentarian says nothing else is allowed - and that is a possibility - CHIP, which no state ever complains about, gives a lot more flexibility than Obamacare and allows the secretary of HHS to give waivers.

In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.

Even that was all consumed after two days, and the patients had to try to choke down fresh fish, just boiled in water, without salt, pepper or butter; mutton, beef, and potatoes without the faintest seasoning.

Aging bodies are fiscal black holes into which you can pour endless amounts of money.

At a time when the cost of health care is skyrocketing, the potential economic impact of mind/body medicine is considerable.

If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell you who's good and who's bad. I've even considered writing a guidebook.

If anything, I don't have to convince the American public that we have a broken health-care system. I think the majority of Americans since they have to go through that health-care system, already know it.

I remain convinced of the compelling case for connected care.

We don't need something as large and complex and costly as the Affordable Care Act, because it can't work.

Americans are literally dying for lack of health care coverage.

Somebody's going to pay for health coverage for the American people, and the question is, how do you do that?

In addition to skyrocketing premiums, Trumpcare also unravels protections that older Americans want and need in their health coverage.

As attorney general, I'm helping lead a national effort to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions.

To effectively fight the coronavirus crisis, we have to make sure that every person has access to quality, affordable health coverage.

When you walk into a doctor's office, you've got to have the same attitude you would about anything else. You've got to ask tough questions, and you've got to not be afraid to challenge their credentials.

In Congress, I have worked with my colleagues to pass the 21st Century Cures Act.

My mom's now enjoying Medicare. She's already retired. She earned it. But for those of us, you know, the X-Generation on down, it won't be there for us on its current path.