Tedros Adhanom Quotes

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

Health care is a fundamental right of all citizens, not simply a commodity available to the highest bidder.

We are making health care a human right which, after all, is the purpose of Obamacare.

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

In America, health care must be a right and not a privilege.

We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege.

Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.

We have a country that wants to believe it is the best in everything, but until all of us embrace the idea that health care should be a right, not a privilege, our system cannot be glibly described as, quote, 'the best in the world.'

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.

The United States of America is the only country on Earth that does not guarantee health care to all of its people as a right.

To effectively fight the coronavirus crisis, we have to make sure that every person has access to quality, affordable health coverage.

Having access to affordable, available health care is not a Republican or Democrat issue.

We all know we're probably the only industrialized nation that doesn't provide health care.

I embrace the idea that we need to make sure that everyone has coverage - that everybody in North Carolina should have access to quality, affordable care.

My personal feeling, if I can interject a political note, is that I don't think it is right that basic health care is a privilege. It shouldn't be. It should be a right of all human beings. And certainly in the richest country in the world.

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.

Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care.

Single payer means something different to everyone. The way I define it is that health care is a right and not a privilege.

We're the only western country that doesn't have a national health care ID.

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

Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance.

If the government didn't try to guarantee that everybody should have access to decent health care, it wouldn't happen.

I have worked very, very hard over the course of my time in Congress to make sure that everybody does get access to quality, affordable, accessible health care.

Everyone in this country has a right to quality, affordable health care.