Barry Goldwarer Quotes

A Patients' Bill of Rights is at the center of our national existence.

No doctor should ever have to call an insurance man to ask permission to treat a patient who is standing right there.

No health care provider may be penalized for discussing medically necessary or appropriate care with or on behalf of his or her patient.

I believe - I clearly believe that government-run health care will be bad for you as a patient. It will be bad for you as a taxpayer.

It costs you just as much to ask a doctor 50 questions as it does to ask him one question. So go see your doctor with questions written down... And if he doesn't want to answer your 50 questions, go find yourself another doctor!

Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.

You all know my commitment to the National Health Service. While I am Secretary of State, the NHS will never be fragmented, privatised or undermined. I am personally committed to an NHS which gives equal access, and excellent care.

Prior to passage of Obamacare, Americans spoke out against the individual mandate; they didn't want to change the health care they had; they didn't want a 3,000-page bill that empowered 15 Washington bureaucrats to decide the future of the doctor-patient relationship.

Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when the federal government gets between my patients and their right to the full range of medical information and complete access to health care.

I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.

Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.

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

Nobody will ever be turned away at my city hospital.

… we are merely the servants of the public, in spite of our M.d. ’s and our hospital appointments

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

President Obama and Hillary Clinton want government to run your health care. My dad believes that you and your doctor should decide your health care.

We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients.

The Patients' Bill of Rights is necessary to guarantee that health care will be available for those who are paying for insurance. It's a part of the overall health care picture.

Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third question, the follow-up to the fourth question.

A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.

People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care.

We should make it so that young people pay their fair share for health care, and nothing more. And instead of Washington telling us what to buy, let's get back to letting every American choose the plan that's best for them and their family.

Health care should be affordable for everyone.