Ed Pastor Quotes

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

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

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.

I believe health care is a civil right.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.

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

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