Health Care Reform Quotes - Page 2

• Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law, as 'Obamacare.' That is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States, it is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Law, Obamacare, President

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• 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

  Government, Accomplishment, Reform

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• And there is no getting away from the fact - and this is a key point of discontent among many who are upset with the health care reform bill is it didn't go far enough. They say why isn't it in place now? Why don't I see some benefits now? All I see is the potential for losing insurance coverage, for premiums going up. That's hurting Obama.

  Juan Williams

  Hurt, Keys, Upset

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• Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.

  Gail Collins

  Party, Government, Office

  "Republicans Ask Themselves What Went Wrong". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. March 20, 2013.

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• It's been a mystery to me and a disappointment why conversation about health care reform hasn't turned more attention to the subject of food.

  Michael Pollan

  Disappointment, Reform, Attention

  Source: indianapublicmedia.org

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• We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the boat fiscally for the United States.

  Kent Conrad

  United States, Reform, Swamps

  "State of the Union" with John King, www.cnn.com. March 29, 2009.

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• When President Obama passed health care reform, it was personal! And when Governor Romney says he would repeal Obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that's personal too.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Obamacare, President, Reform

  Remarks by Debbie Wasserman Schultz at the Demcoratic National Convention, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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• We will push through health care reform regardless of the views of the American people.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Views, People, Reform

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• This [health care reform] cannot pass. What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass.

  Michele Bachmann

  Brother, Blood, Today

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• The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.

  Abraham Verghese

  Physicians, Reform, Care

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• 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

  Starting Over, Care, Reform

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• Halloween Costume I Hate: kids dressed as their parent's poltical beliefs. Oooh! Aren't you a scary health care reform bill!

  Dana Gould

  Halloween, Hate, Kids

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• Faster economic growth helps raise the economy which raises revenues. And that helps us tackle the deficit. There's two things we've got to do to get rid of this debt. Deal with entitlements, that's why we're frustrated health care reform hasn't passed the senate yet.

  Paul Ryan

  Frustrated, Growth, Care

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The president-elect [Donald Trump] has set a very aggressive agenda, and I think that repealing and replacing Obamacare with the kind of health care reform that'll lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government will be job one.

  Mike Pence

  Jobs, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.dailyjournal.net

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• We've seen an economy stifled by more taxes, more regulation, a war on coal and a failing health care reform come to be known as Obamacare and the American people know that we need to make a change.

  Mike Pence

  War, Obamacare, People

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Only in America does 'health' 'care' 'reform' begin with the hiring of 16,500 new IRS agents tasked with determining whether your insurance policy merits a fine.

  Mark Steyn

  America, Irs, Agents

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• The words, 'penalty,' 'restrict' and 'violate' appeared more times in President Clinton's health care reform bill than in his crime bill.

  Steve Forbes

  President, Reform, Care

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• President Obama hosted lawmakers Thursday saying he wanted bipartisan input on health care reform. Nobody's mind was changed. At the summit's end he threatened to go with the nuclear option, showing he's tougher on Republicans than he is on Iran.

  Argus Hamilton

  Iran, Mind, President

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• [Barack Obama failed to sell a health care reform plan to American voters] because the utter implausibility of its central promise - expanded coverage at lower cost - led voters to conclude that it would lead ultimately to more government, more taxes and more debt.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Government, Promise, Reform

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• Maybe this Democratic president[Barack Obama] did and can get comprehensive health care reform passed, but notice, Medicaid is not expanded in any of these dark red states. The Republican Party may not be able to repeal Obamacare, but it certainly, through its state legislatures and governorships, has managed to halt Obamacare`s full impact.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Party, Dark, Obamacare

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I have been absolutely clear where I'm coming from about health care reform. This is something this nation has to do and a robust public option has been the mantra of my campaign from the very outset.

  John Garamendi

  Reform, Campaigns, Care

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• I believe in health care reform. I don't believe in the way this bill was passed.

  Joe Manchin

  Believe, Reform, Care

  "Manchin Calls for Partial Repeal of Health Reform" by Erin McPike and Scott Conroy, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 27, 2010.

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• Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

  John Mica

  People, Missing, Reform

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• Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

  Jim Clyburn

  Believe, Government, Giving

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• A good place to start a more civil dialog would be for my Republican colleagues in the House to change the name of the bill they have introduced to repeal health care reform. The bill, titled the "Repeal the Job Killing Health Care Law Act," was set to come up for a vote this week, but in the wake of Gabby's shooting, it has been postponed at least until next week. Don't get me wrong - I'm not suggesting that the name of that one piece of legislation somehow led to the horror of this weekend - but is it really necessary to put the word "killing" in the title of a major piece of legislation?

  Chellie Pingree

  Jobs, Stupid, Weekend

  "For Gabby’s Sake, Republicans Should Change the Name of Their Health Care Repeal Bill" by Chellie Pingree, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 09, 2011.

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