Phil Gingrey Quotes

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

If there ever is government-run health care, the first ones to sign up should be the president and every member of Congress, including myself. You should be able to keep the insurance you've got today, if you like it, and always choose your own doctor.

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.

We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.

I suspect I'm the only politician in America who won an election in this last cycle with TV ads saying I was going to try to pass the first single-payer system in America.

I support health care reform in this country, but the current bills we have before us are too big, too costly, and the people who send me to Washington to be their voice are opposed to them and this process.

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.

... socialized medicine by the back door.

I support Medicare for all. It is my preferred policy.

If members of Congress believe so strongly that government-run health care is the best solution for hard working American families, I think it only fitting that Americans see them lead the way.

People on the Left really want a single-payer system. They really want - so even the Left doesn't want Obamacare. They want single payer, and we want a market-driven, patient-central system.

All Democrats from Bernie to Biden will eliminate private insurance either outright or as a consequence of the public option crowding out private insurance.

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

I leave Medicare alone. I create a new system for everyone under 65 where they get health care as a right. It's a basic plan. We roll Medicaid into that, but then we allow people to have choices and get private insurance to supplement that basic government plan.

There isn't a lot of honesty when it comes to discussing Obamacare. Too many Republicans lie about the implications of the health-insurance program and dismiss out of hand the reasons a massive overhaul of the long-time system is necessary.

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

The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.

The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.

If we want to kill Obamacare and we want to end socialized medicine, it must be done in the next election!

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

I believe that Obamacare is bad for America.

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

If Medicare today includes Medicare supplemental, why wouldn't Medicare for all include a Medicare supplement for all who want it?

Replacing your family's current health care with government-run health care is not the answer. In fact, it'll make health care much more expensive.