Health Care Quotes - Page 18

• Recent demonstration projects have shown that with some Federal support, a little funding can go a long way toward ensuring that low-income children have access to good oral health care.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Children, Long, Support

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• 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

  Real, Commitment, Care

  "Putting ethics before profits" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2009.

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• Swedes are such a civilised, perfect society - at least on the surface. There's a great safety net, a huge middle class, free education, free health care. People are very polite, they wait their turn. They're not too loud, they're not too quiet, but sometimes it's a little too perfect.

  Alexander Skarsgard

  Class, Free Education, People

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• I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.

  Arlen Specter

  Health, Should Have, Decision

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• Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year.

  Arlen Specter

  Strong, Health, Years

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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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• It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Health, Waste, Spendthrift

  Virginibus Puerisque Ch. 5

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• Discussions of health care in the U.S. usually focus on insurance companies, but, whatever their problems, they're not the main driver of health-care inflation: providers are.

  James Surowiecki

  Focus, Care, Problem

  "Bitter Pills". www.newyorker.com. May 2, 2011.

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• I have had lots of friends who've been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care.

  Emma Thompson

  Friends, Good Friend, Men

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• I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Taken, Obamacare

  Interview with George Stephanopoulos, blogs.abcnews.com. April 19, 2011.

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• I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.

  Fred Upton

  Roots, Long, Challenges

  "Upton readies for super committee" by Darren Samuelsohn, www.politico.com. August 10, 2011.

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• I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Presidential, Care, Debate

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• What do we have for veterans? Government-run health care. I understand that. Congressmen and senators... they get five choices of government-run health care. Why should a congressman and senator get anything more than a regular citizen does? Why are they privileged and the rest of us aren't?

  Jesse Ventura

  Running, Government, Choices

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• As an American, you have a right to good health care that is effective, accessible, and affordable, that serves you from infancy through old age, that allows you to go to practitioners and facilities of your choosing, and that offers a broad range of therapeutic options.

  Andrew Weil

  Age, Care, Good Health

  Andrew Weil, M.D. (2010). “You Can't Afford to Get Sick: Your Guide to Optimum Health and Health Care”, p.8, Penguin

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• We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.

  Andrew Weil

  Powerful, People, Sick

  "The Question No One Asks About Healthcare" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2009.

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• In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece - meal activities. It's got to have a vision.

  Jack Welch

  Country, Order, America

  "Piers Morgan Tonight", edition.cnn.com. June 11, 2011.

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• One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.

  Allen West

  Health, Issues, Immigration

  "West on Issues Facing America". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2010.

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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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• Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch of racist kooks becomes self-destructive. The Tea Party outrage over health-care reform, deficit spending and entitlements run amok is no fringe concern.

  Juan Williams

  Running, Party, Independent

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• Under the Healthy Americans Act, you're in charge of your health care - not your employer. If you lose your job, change jobs or just can't find a job, your health insurance is guaranteed to stick with you.

  Ron Wyden

  Jobs, Healthy, Care

  "My Movie About Better Health Care [Rated PG-13]" by Ron Wyden, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2011.

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• With the loss of Free Choice Vouchers, hundreds of thousands of workers will now be forced to choose between their employers' unaffordable insurance or going without health care.

  Ron Wyden

  Loss, Choices, Care

  "Is This How You Want Your Senate To Do Business?" by Ron Wyden, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 14, 2011.

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• Fixing health care and fixing the economy are two sides of the same coin.

  Ron Wyden

  Two Sides, Care, Fixing

  "10 Questions with Senator Ron Wyden". www.realclearpolitics.com. March 12, 2009.

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• It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow - building a health care system that works for all Americans.

  Ron Wyden

  Working Together, Looks, Care

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• Many health care providers, particularly physicians in rural and urban areas, are leaving the Government programs because of inadequate reimbursement rates.

  Ron Wyden

  Government, Leaving, Rural Areas

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• 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

  Mean, Quality, Tools

  "It’s Time to Put Affordable Health Care for the Poor Within Reach" by Muhammad Yunus, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 23, 2009.

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