Ron Wyden Quotes

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

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

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

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

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

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

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.

I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether.

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

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

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.

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

We need to build on the progress of the Affordable Care Act, not tear it down in the middle of a global pandemic.

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.

What I favor is that we have health care access to people that is not income based. We have to have health care that is acceptable and it's going to come in a number of forms.

If we're going to be able to provide access to quality, affordable health care to every American - we need to have the trained health care professionals inside hospitals to provide that care.

I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.

I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable problem in American health care life, which is that a significant portion of the population does not have access to quality medical care.

In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization.

In health care, the biggest imperative is: Fix those who cannot get insurance without changing the world for everyone else.

I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.

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.

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.

I believe health care is a civil right.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.