Healthcare Quotes - Page 11

• Without in any way minimising the economic and psychological blow that people experience when they lose their jobs, the unemployed in affluent countries still have a safety net, in the form of social security payments, and usually free healthcare and free education for their children. They also have sanitation and safe drinking water.

  Peter Singer

  Country, Jobs, Children

  "Tackling poverty in hard times" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2009.

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• And fifth, we will champion small businesses, America's engine of job growth. That means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. It means simplifying and modernizing the regulations that hurt small business the most. And it means that we must rein in the skyrocketing cost of healthcare by repealing and replacing Obamacare.

  Mitt Romney

  Hurt, Jobs, Mean

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Debate, Easy, Aspect

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• In Congress, while the House’s proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can’t equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Cutting, House, Pay

  "Honor Sacrifice by Supporting Vets" by Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 26, 2012.

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• We don't we agree that litigation reform to lower the cost of healthcare would be a good starting point?

  Newt Gingrich

  Starting Over, Reform, Would Be

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• I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.

  Idris Elba

  Cousin, Talking, Nurse

  "The god in Idris Elba". Interview with Afua Hirsch, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2011.

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• Clinton's attempt to socialize healthcare was the second most disgusting thing he did in the oval office. I can't remember was the first thing was.

  Ann Coulter

  Office, Oval, Firsts

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• But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction that this administration is taking this country. And what we heard last night was absolutely the ignoring of that fact. It was: We're going to continue with this agenda. In fact, we're going to double down on healthcare.

  Eric Cantor

  Country, Night, People

  "POLITICO Interview: Eric Cantor". Interview with Mike Allen, www.politico.com. January 29, 2010.

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• Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement.

  Christopher Bond

  Jobs, Technology, Agriculture

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• I talked to a lot of employers who just are, are fearful of what's coming next out of Washington. It's all the spending, it's all the debt. It's their national energy tax, they want to call it cap and trade - more mandates, higher costs, more taxes. Their healthcare bill - more mandates, higher costs, higher taxes.

  John Boehner

  Energy, Cost, Debt

  "Interviews with Leader Boehner & Carol Browner". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 8, 2010.

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• Pioneering spirit should continue, not to conquer the planet or space ... but rather to improve the quality of life.

  Bertrand Piccard

  Health, Space, Quality

  Twitter post from Mar 26, 2016

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• Communities and countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Strong, Motivation

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• Customers don't expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.

  Don Porter

  Inspirational, Business, Educational

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• Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

  Russ Feingold

  Past, Issues, President

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• Businesses want to offer solid, affordable health insurance to their employees, but it is getting harder to find every year.

  Herb Kohl

  Years, Want, Employee

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• The backwoodsmen are muttering about making Britain's draconian union laws - already among the toughest in Europe - harsher still. And parts of the media will continue to attack public service pensions, as if school meals staff, refuse collectors and healthcare workers have no right to a decent retirement.

  Frances O'Grady

  Retirement, School, Media

  "Forget 1979. This time we'll unite beleaguered Britain" by Frances O'Grady, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2010.

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• The Republicans have a new healthcare proposal: Just say NO to illness!

  Mark Russell

  Political, Politics, Republican

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• A common misconception is that the costs of health care are cheaper in rural America, when in fact the reality is that they are more expensive and more difficult to access.

  Blanche Lincoln

  Reality, America, Facts

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• If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.

  Barack Obama

  Presidential, Matter, Able

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• Trust me. I'm going to make sure this healthcare bill is never, ever, ever implemented.

  John Boehner

  Political, Bills, Trust Me

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• Why are people so supportive of him [Osama bin Laden] in many countries? Hes been out in these countries for decades building roads, building schools, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful.

  Patty Murray

  Country, Grateful, School

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• It is irresponsible to set an arbitrary cap on how much therapy a Medicare beneficiary can receive. It ignores the health needs of our senior population - especially the oldest and sickest.

  John Ensign

  Senior, Population, Needs

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• There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled. Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.

  Aimee Mullins

  Motivation, Real, Inspiration

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• President Obama gave a speech about healthcare tonight, and yesterday he gave a pep talk to students. He told them that in order to succeed they need to work hard and study hard. Then today, former President George W. Bush presented the rebuttal.

  Conan O'Brien

  Hard Work, Order, Yesterday

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• If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking about abortion. We're not talking about population control. What I'm talking about is giving women the power to save their lives, to save their children's lives and to give their families the best possible future.

  Melinda Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Children

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