Jared Polis Quotes

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

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

I would love to see public option. If we had public option, then people would have that ability to supplement that public option with an additional health plan.

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

In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.

When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us.

If ask 100 Arkansans about the phrase, 'the public option,' or 'a public option,' you'll get 100 different impressions about what that means.

I worked with President Obama on the Affordable Care Act and getting health coverage to all Americans. It was my legislation that said insurance companies can no longer deny coverage for kids with preexisting conditions.

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.

Thanks to President Barack Obama, under the Affordable Care Act, millions more people will be eligible for health insurance, including many people with HIV.

You cannot drive a system that's going to be aiming at preventing illness if everyone is not in it. The whole gaming of health insurance and health care in America is based on that fundamental principle: insure people who aren't sick and you don't have to pay more money on them.

Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program are the two most important safety net programs for children.

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.

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

I say to people who are opposed to the Affordable Care Act, What is the alternative?” I don’t hear any answers.

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.

There are people in this country who have waited for decades for affordable health coverage for themselves and their families.

We must protect those with pre-existing conditions and ensure that every American family has access to quality, affordable health care.

High-quality health care is not available to millions of Americans who don't have health insurance, or whose substandard plans provide minimum coverage. That's why the Affordable Care Act is so important. It provides quality health insurance to both the uninsured and underinsured.

I support the Affordable Care Act and believe we should take steps to further expand coverage and reduce costs.

The ACA - popularly known as 'Obamacare' - has been an important step forward toward an admirable goal: providing access to health insurance for all Americans. But like many reforms generated by the political process, the ACA is problematic.

People do not want that public option.

Expanding health coverage is not a technical issue but a political one; it should be seen as a right and a means to development.

We need to work together to strengthen protections for pre-existing conditions and improve upon the gains made under the ACA, not tear it down.

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.