Sara Gideon Quotes

No one should have to choose between taking lifesaving medicine and paying for food.

Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach.

Too often, low-income Americans must choose between paying for medicine and having their heat shut off.

No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis.

Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current minimum wage is simply not enough.

It's very difficult when you have $1.50 per day to spend on food and drink, but for people who live this reality, that money also has to cover medical expenses and education, fuel and shelter - sometimes for an entire family.

We can all agree that no American should lose their life savings or their home because of illness or injury and that the rising cost of health care severely burdens individuals, families and businesses.

Millions of Americans who are not poor are health care poor.

If you're sick, you should be able to see a doctor. And if you're seen, you should be able to afford the bill and your medicine without going broke. There is absolutely nothing radical about this.

Whatever people's backgrounds or values, a society where more and more people face a daily struggle to house, clothe and even feed themselves and their families cannot possibly be the answer.

For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance.

Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in general, that visit will cost ten times more than walking into a community health center.

A considerable share of the world's population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.

One in seven Americans, including more than 8 million children, does not have even basic healthcare coverage.

No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

No American should have to choose between heating and eating.

Too many of our senior citizens are being forced to choose between neglecting their illnesses or being impoverished by them.

… poor people deserve access to food, education, housing, and medical services

Living on $6 a day means you have a refrigerator, a TV, a cell phone, your children can go to school. That's not possible on $1 a day.

I don't think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.

All Hoosiers, all Americans, myself included, should never go broke in this country because you get sick or have a bad accident.

Workers and students and part-time working parents across New Mexico are taking home too little, trying to stretch dollars as far as they'll go to pay for basic necessities.

None of us want to ever face a choice between putting food on the table or paying rent.