Kamala Harris Quotes

We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

If there's ever a vote for single-payer, I'm a 'yes.' But there are lots of things we can do in the meantime.

I am a supporter of Medicare for All.

Any Democrat worth their salt that doesn't unequivocally say Medicare-for-all is the way to go? To me, there's something wrong with them.

I am not in favor of implementing a Medicare-for-All, single payer healthcare system.

I am a Medicare-for-all public option proponent.

I happen to believe that we should move to a Medicare-for-all single-payer system, similar to what other countries around the world have.

I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.

The two most dangerous words in the English language are not "nuclear war." They are "socialized medicine.

It is imperative that Democrats take a stand and embrace Medicare for All and other progressive policies that address the needs of millions of Americans.

When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.

I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.

We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.

I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.

I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.

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.

Is Medicare socialism? You want to get rid of Medicare. And a lot of the people against health care do. I want to preserve it and grow it.

It is not only a moral imperative that we cover everybody (with insured heath care), it has become an economic necessity.

If there is a Republican or a Libertarian or Green Party person that believes in Medicare for all, then that's our kind of person.

There should be no private health insurance companies operating for profit.

One of the best moments of the Obama presidency was the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

If I was such a corporate Democrat, why would the California Nurses Association, one of the leading advocates for a single-payer system, endorse me?

People do not want that public option.

The provision of healthcare in America has been a major policy issue for many decades. From the establishment of Medicare & Medicaid to the Affordable Care Act, we have struggled to find a solution for not just providing access to healthcare - but also becoming a healthier population.

It will already be unbelievably hard to pass Medicare for All once with a massive outside pressure campaign by an organized grassroots movement and a presidential mandate in the first 100 days of an administration.