Joseph P. Kennedy III Quotes

We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

You know, there are people making a lot of money in this country who can actually afford their own health care. We are in a situation where we got a safety net in place in this country for people who frankly don't need one. We got to focus on making sure we got a safety net for those who actually need it.

[Advocating health care reform:] We've got to remove the incentive for people on welfare to stay on welfare because that's the only way they'll get health care.

Do you really want to pay for surgeon’s salaries by not having low-income people not be able to afford health insurance?

I support Medicare for all. It is my preferred policy.

We got to protect Medicaid.

I think most Americans understand that we deserve to have universal health care, as enjoyed by most citizens in most developed countries.

As progressives we believe in affordable health care for all Americans.

I think if you look at Medicare and Medicaid, the premise was that government needs to provide some assistance to people who aren't able to take care of themselves. I think we all share that goal, Republicans and Democrats. I don't think anybody's gonna go back now and say, Let's abolish, or reduce, Medicare and Medicaid. But as we confront the challenges and the responsibilities of our time - from here on - how do we serve more people or different people who are in need of financial assistance? Just forever having the government expand to address all of that seems unwise.

The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone - in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.

When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.

I do not support a single-payer system; I do support having something there, whether it's an option or not. And we can work with that, but we have to have something to leverage so we can get the insurance company to bring down their prices, and the only way to do that is to have an alternative there.

Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional.

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

As the wealthiest nation on Earth, we have made a commitment to provide health care for those over 65. In order to pay for this, each of us should contribute the same, flat percentage of our earned income.

With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation.

I am very concerned about the fact that India as a country does not have a national health system, and I am determined to try and influence the government to really build a national health system for the country.

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.

I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women.

My legacy is going to be in affordable health care. I am willing to invest in developing that model and the policies around it.

I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.

I think Obamacare is one of the greatest moves that will be beneficial for everyone in this country.

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.