Ben Sasse Quotes

Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system.

You want to talk about something that truly changes the game in this country, Medicaid is one of the most failed forms of health care.

Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done.

Democrats embrace The Affordable Care Act. We're very proud of it.

The American people want change. They don't want the same old health care system that's not affordable, that doesn't offer coverage to everybody, that keeps escalating in cost. And what we've seen from the Republicans is, really, a desire to have the status quo.

I'll continue to work with my colleagues to fight efforts to roll back access to affordable health care for Nevadans.

I think we need a lot less ideology around health care.

I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.

What we're really trying to do is level out the health care system. It has gotten so one-sided as more and more people have been put into managed care; in fact, about 70 percent of the patients in the country.

I'm not saying we don't need health care reform. We do need health care reform.

I don't know if there is a Democrat who necessarily doesn't believe health care is a right instead of privilege. There is a significant between us and the Republican Party on that issue.

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.

I don't think the American people want unilateral government control over the entire health-care system.

Over and over again, I hear from Oregonians that we need real health care reform that provides every American with access to quality, affordable care.

It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.

Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.

I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care.

We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care for all, especially for the specialty care services that community health centers do not provide.

If the health insurance plan members of Congress have is good enough for them, why isn’t it good enough for every American.

When you're talking about comprehensive health care, you're going to make a lot of people unhappy.

It is a lot easier to find gaps in the health care system than to find ways to fill them.

We don't have a health care system. We have a health care maze.

We are the only major country in the world that does not guarentee health care to its citizens as a right.

Republicans and others who are in anguish over the possibility of socialized medicine ought to have to explain their ideology to a mother with a sick newborn. They ought to have to explain how this nation can debate health care and not mention how abysmal ours is.

Americans need access to affordable, reliable health insurance. They want President Trump to take responsibility and work to ensure their continued access to their insurance - creating certainty and affordability, not confusion and chaos.