Tom Vilsack Quotes

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

Nobody will ever be turned away at my city hospital.

What's exciting to me is figuring out something that has eluded us for so long: How do we make sure every single person can see a doctor in this country? That's really exciting to me.

Getting the care for a common cold, migraine, or high blood pressure can and should be easy, whether one has an insurance card or not.

We need to provide all areas of the country with access to high-quality medical care.

As a dentist and representative, I have seen firsthand the need to make our healthcare system both more accessible and affordable.

Our focus should be on finding a bipartisan solution to healthcare that makes it more affordable and accessible to all Americans.

All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford.

We will establish a new system that makes high-quality health care available to every American in a dignified manner and at a price he can afford.

Have a healthy mental attitude; that's the most important thing and the best thing you can do for yourself.

I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic health care.

One of the virtues of the NHS... it doesn't worry you about money at the moment when you're least capable of doing anything about it.

[Africa] is the one continent where you still have a lot more young people than old people. So making sure they're healthy, good nutrition, good education. That'll be important for the world.

I think the most important thing [for moms] is - I always liked help with feeding essentials like breastfeeding stuff, because it's really tricky.

You can't educate a child who isn't healthy, and you can't keep a child healthy who isn't educated.

It is precisely the way which is productive - this is the essential thing; becoming is more important than being.

As far as I am concerned, no road that would lead us to health is either arduous or expensive.

An adequate share of humor and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of the healthy person.

I'm fortunate. I've always had medical care. I've always had access. I've never personally had to use a Planned Parenthood. But I have many friends who have and do and did, and I think it's important that that access be there for everyone.

[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.

We need a cost-effective, high-quality health care system, guaranteeing health care to all of our people as a right.

I think my whole life, work has been a very important and positive thing for me. It never was something that made me feel unhappy or disengaged from life. It always makes me feel like I'm plugged in, in a really healthy way.

We're talking of passing the legislation that repeals and replaces Obamacare with a patient-centered system that brings down prices and expands choices, so people have more - better access to more affordable healthcare choices and options, but that takes time to put into place.

As a matter of principle, we believe patients should be able to see the right doctor at the right time. As a matter of principle, we believe nothing should interfere with that doctor-patient relationship. As a matter of principle, we believe all Americans deserve affordable, available, and reliable quality health care.

We know how to punish retailers and manufacturers that don't provide quality and value. But we're lousy at fighting effectively for what we really need - reliable insurance policies; affordable health care; safe, healthy food.