Thom Tillis Quotes

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 led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan.

I know that we are supposed to believe that once voters learn the truth about medicare for all they are going to suddenly turn on it but it's not like the scary industry talking points are a secret.

We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.

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

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.

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

The only people really enthusiastic about healthcare are Democrats.

Of all the liberal resentments during the Obama years, one of the sharpest has been the failure to secure a public insurance option as part of the Affordable Care Act.

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

America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.

Millions of people are asking for accountability, for responsibility, for truth from their elected officials, truth about how Obamacare is failing the men and women of America.

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

We all know there are problems with Obamacare, and Washington's implementation of it has been abysmal. But rejecting Medicaid won't fix any of those things.

The government should not pick up every single bit of healthcare to where literally 60 percent of every dollar is just in your last 60 days of life. We should be more balanced than that and give people a chance to understand what the government should and should not pay for.

Enacting elements of the Affordable Care Act isn't backtracking on core principles, but rather understanding that new ways to help make health care affordable builds stronger businesses and saves struggling hospitals. And that is a very attractive offer.

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

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

If you like the Post Office and the Department of Motor Vehicles and you think they're run well, just wait till you see Medicare, Medicaid and health care done by the government.

We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

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.

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

Obamacare's design flaws were not the fault of the American people.

I'm one of the people that, when I hear Republicans talk about repealing Obamacare, I just want to roll my eyes. Republicans talk about reform to the healthcare, and they talk about selling insurance across state lines, and that's their solution?

I can't predict the future. All I know is that if we continue down the path we're on, the Affordable Care Act will implode on itself. People will be without insurance.