“Americans oppose Obamacare because they understand that it is inconsistent with our liberties and our idea of limited government and that it will destroy the best health care system in the world.”
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“And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!'”
“The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health.”
“The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.”
“America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.”
“I can support co-ops if they want to do it as we've known co-ops in America for 150 years - where they serve the purposes of the consuming public, whether it's health care or whether it's co-ops as we know them in the Midwest, providing electricity or to sell supplies to farmer.”
“By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients and that is exactly where it should be.”
“San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.”
“Not really in all honesty because until you take control of your own health and go to your own doctor and have your own doctor tell you what's going to work for you.”
“It is essential that the women's preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be available to all women, regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense.”
“It is important for women to have a choice, to have an opportunity to plan their families, because if they don't, the Republicans have said this is an ownership society. You are on your own, and they're going to begrudge that child everything, from WIC to a Pell Grant to health insurance.”
“Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system.”
“The time is now for Congress to address health care in America.”
“Our system of private health insurance that fails to provide coverage to so many of our citizens also contributes to the double-digit health care inflation that is making America less competitive in the global economy.”
“In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization.”
“All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.”
“Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.”
“After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my condition of health and that my doctors felt that I must take a complete rest and that I thought that that meant leaving the Department finally in a short time.”
“We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care for all, especially for the specialty care services that community health centers do not provide.”
“In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year.”
“Each and every day health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to our constituents.”
“Community health centers do a great deal with limited resources. They provide critical medical care services to many who would otherwise have no other place to go or would end up in an emergency room.”
“As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves.”
“Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.”