Healthcare Quotes - Page 5

• We must ensure that every worker has healthcare and is able to save for their retirement. We must ensure that our workers have safe and health working conditions.

  Leonard Boswell

  Retirement, Safe, Able

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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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• 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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• 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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• Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.

  Larry Brilliant

  War, People, Disease

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• 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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• If we can get people to focus on fruits and vegetables and more healthy foods, we'll be better in terms of our healthcare situation.

  Tom Vilsack

  Vegetables, People, Focus

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• Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer. Of course, the study of stem cells is one of the most exciting areas in biology, but I think it is unlikely that embryonic stem cells are likely to be useful in healthcare for a long time.

  Robert Winston

  Thinking, Cells, Britain And America

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• In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.

  Ron Wyden

  Country, Thinking, Drug

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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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• Bangalore has become a centre for healthcare.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Bangalore, Centre

  "Our creative minds need to be harnessed" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2008.

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• I always kind of wanted to go into healthcare.

  Ann Marie Buerkle

  Kind, Wanted

  "Meet the Lawmaker Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.), 25th District". Interview with Kris Kitto, thehill.com. April 04, 2011.

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• The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world's great problems. It's ultimately an answer to the question: How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

  Tim O'Reilly

  Successful, Government, Answers

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• 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.

  Bill Frist

  Doctors, America, World

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• The fact is, if you have a solid healthcare plan, you still don't have dental. If you have dental, you might not have vision. And if your back hurts, well, a chiropractor's not covered in that. It's a hassle. You have to go seek out on your own and look for the best plan you can afford, and a lot of times what people can afford is not what they need, and it creates lot of leeway for people to slip through the cracks.

  Mr. Lif

  Hurt, People, Vision

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• If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.

  Jane McGonigal

  Motivation, Inspiration, Negative

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• Romney raised $10 million. That’s a dollar for every position he’s had on healthcare.

  Jay Leno

  Dollars, Raised, Position

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

  Mark Russell

  Political, Politics, Republican

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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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• 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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• 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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