Quotes About Healthcare

Birth control is an important part of women's healthcare. It allows women to plan and time their pregnancies, and reduces preterm births and maternal complications.

Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It's not biology that kills them so much as neglect.

My children almost died during my pregnancy because doctors wouldn't take my concerns seriously, dismissing me as just another black woman on Medicaid.

I think that there's a real sense in which pregnancy should be something that you do with your doctor, but I think that for a lot of women the time you have with your doctors is limited and it can be difficult to get all of the answers to your questions.

I want to use my voice to better health care for pregnant women.

We want to make legislation; we want to put laws on women's uteruses and whether or not they can protect themselves from pregnancy or whatever, but we don't want to protect you once you're pregnant.

Many premature babies are never given a chance to make it out of the hospital.

Even then, Vanderbilt was the premiere place for clinical pharmacology.

A lot of people aren't saving enough. And incidentally, people are living longer now, and health care is improving. You might end up retired for 30 years - people are not really preparing for that.

When you have a senior citizen who can't afford her prescription medicine, Washington is broken.

Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need.

At the end of the day, my hope is that when the new Medicare- Prescription Drug Law gets up and fully running a lot more seniors will pay a whole lot less than they do today for their much-needed medications.

I believe that in order for our democratic system to work as intended, the average person must have faith in their government. Citizens must believe that our system is working to represent them, and that it is capable of advancing issues like healthcare access, lowering prescription drug costs and improving infrastructure.

I think we can build broad bipartisan support for bringing down prescription drug costs.

What's the difference between me and Mark Udall on contraception? I believe the pill ought to be available over the counter, around the clock, without a prescription. Cheaper and easier for you.

What we need is my healthcare plan that makes premiums more affordable, lowers prescription drug costs, will help save our rural hospitals, and also, I do protect folks with pre-existing conditions.

We all pay too much for health care. Far too many do not go to the doctor or fill a prescription because it simply costs too much.

When sick, the ability to afford a prescription - or whether your plan offers the coverage you need - should be the last thing on your mind.

How long do we have to keep fighting for affordable prescription drugs?

There is no disputing the fact that American consumers pay 30 to 300 percent more for the same prescription drugs as our counterparts in Canada, Europe, and the rest of the world.

We need to lower the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs instead of making it easier for insurance companies to charge more for less inclusive coverage.

I don't want folks with pre-existing medical conditions - like asthma and diabetes - to be denied health care. I sure don't want to see our grandparents paying more for prescription drugs and women paying more just because of their gender.

Competition is the best way to ensure prescription drugs are affordable.

I will not rest until seniors get the cost-of-living adjustments they have earned and we lower the cost of prescription drugs.