It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd... and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds.
~ Rand Paul
Truly affordable but high-quality health care tools and services are the only means by which quality health care can be provided to all.
~ Muhammad Yunus
General Motors spends more on health care than steel.
~ Kathleen Sebelius
The Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax.
~ John Roberts
Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility.
~ Mireille Guiliano
Whatever we do, it is definitely time that we reboot the health care reform attempt. It's time to completely start over.
~ Jaime Herrera Beutler
You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs.
~ Bernie Sanders
We will have health care reform in America.
~ Dick Durbin
But if you - if what - the reports are true, what they're saying is, is that as a consequence of us getting 30 million additional people health care, at the margins that's going to increase our costs, we knew that.
~ Barack Obama
Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government.
~ Eliot Spitzer
Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.
~ Robert M. Gates
Health care is a need; it's not a commodity, and it should be distributed according to need. If you're very sick, you should have a lot of it. If you're not sick, you shouldn't have a lot of it.
~ Marcia Angell
If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.
~ Irwin Redlener
All Democrats are not entitlement people. These are the people who are going to suffer the cost of Obama health care. These are the people who are suffering because there're no jobs.
~ Carl Paladino
A veteran deserves the very best health care anywhere. That means sometimes, they should go out into the private sector if something's being done better than the VA.
~ David Shulkin
There is a consensus of willing leaders from both parties coalescing around the right way forward in health care. Reform should address government-imposed inequities and barriers to true choice and competition.
~ Paul Ryan
Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It's as big a political issue as health care is.
~ Rush Limbaugh
Health care's not about insurance! Health care's about getting treatment.
~ P. J. O'rourke
Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.
My employees, there's no deductible in your health care. No deductible, absolutely not. You get paid sick days, as many as you need, personal days.
~ Michael Moore
The American public believes that health care is a right and not a commodity.
If the goal of health-care reform is to provide comprehensive, universal health care in a cost-effective way, the only honest approach is a single-payer approach.
I received free health care.
~ J.k. Rowling
We must solve the problem in health care by curbing out-of-control costs that erode paychecks for working families and push quality coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.
One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.
~ Anne Wojcicki
Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.
~ Rick Scott
Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.
~ Peter Singer
America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.
~ Christy Turlington
Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education, housing, and health care.
~ George Packer
People use so much more health care when they live longer.
~ Michael Bloomberg
Part of me thinks that innovation, real innovation in health care delivery, needs to happen from the bottom to the top.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.
~ Elizabeth Edwards
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?
~ Al Sharpton
It is my passionate belief that we can all have better health care through rationing.
~ Richard Lamm
When the Veterans Affairs Department implemented a program to provide home-based health care to veterans with multiple chronic conditions - many of the system's most expensive patients to treat - they received astounding results.
~ Ron Wyden
Make no mistake, a 'yes' vote on the Democrats' health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.
~ John Boehner
No employer is going to hire robustly until they know what the health care cost is going to be.
~ Lindsey Graham
Everyone has to do their part, too. No one is disconnected. And everyone has to improve their skills, take care of their own health to the extent they can and contribute their time and talents to the community and country.
~ Tim Ryan
Simply expanding Medicaid does not improve health care outcomes. In Louisiana, instead we're helping people getting better paying jobs so they can provide for their own health care.
~ Bobby Jindal
