Alex Azar Quotes

I might be in favor of national healthcare if it required all Democrats to get their heads examined.

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

The Populist Caucus believes that all Americans should have access to affordable, quality healthcare.

Socialized medicine ... forced its way into our political vocabulary.

We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

The need for health care doesn't come with a party label.

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

I've endorsed 'Medicare for All' at the federal level. I do not believe a state can accomplish that on its own.

The central question is whether Medicare and Medicaid should remain entitlement programs guaranteeing a certain amount of care, as Democrats believe, or become defined contribution programs in which federal spending is capped, as Republicans suggest.

Liberals are wrong to think that opposition to health reform is a rejection of big government. If health reform consisted of extending Medicare to everyone, people would be delighted. There are millions of 64-year-olds out there who can hardly wait to be 65.

When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.

I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.

I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.

The whole issue of healthcare is very complicated. There have been seven Presidents who've tried to get healthcare reform passed.

Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us.

The two most dangerous words in the English language are not "nuclear war." They are "socialized medicine.

If there is a Republican or a Libertarian or Green Party person that believes in Medicare for all, then that's our kind of person.

Any Democrat worth their salt that doesn't unequivocally say Medicare-for-all is the way to go? To me, there's something wrong with them.

One of the best moments of the Obama presidency was the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

It is imperative that Democrats take a stand and embrace Medicare for All and other progressive policies that address the needs of millions of Americans.

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

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

The only people really enthusiastic about healthcare are Democrats.

Like many of you, I was very disappointed at the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

Not passing Obamacare won't bankrupt America; passing it will.