John Edwards Quotes

If every American automatically has health coverage, the age at which Medicare kicks in becomes a less fraught issue. We could gradually raise the age of Medicare eligibility a bit, according to income, and save money.

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.

In health care, the biggest imperative is: Fix those who cannot get insurance without changing the world for everyone else.

I think that we have a number of different health care challenges in our country, and certainly addressing the uninsured is one, and the second is making sure that those with health insurance actually get the care that they assume they'll have available to them if they get sick.

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.

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

As a physician and a U.S. senator, I have warned since the very beginning about many troubling aspects of Mr. Obama's unprecedented health-insurance mandate. Not only does he believe he can order you to buy insurance, the president also incorrectly equates health insurance coverage with medical care.

I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

I support health care for people. I want people well taken care of. But I also want health care that we can afford as a country. I have people and friends closing down their businesses because of Obamacare.

Every child in America deserves high-quality health care.

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

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

Thanks to President Barack Obama, under the Affordable Care Act, millions more people will be eligible for health insurance, including many people with HIV.

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.

I think that the millions and millions of young Americans, young Americans, who have health care today, who wouldn't have had it if the president hadn't acted are better off.

Building a new Health and Hospitals Network is fundamental to building a stronger and fairer Australia.

If you're not paying for it through the health plan, you pay for it in the emergency room.

The one unifying principle of Republicans is to make sure that 30 million people don’t have health care.

We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

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.

Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.

Thanks to evolution, our bodies have powerful ways to ward off illness and infection and enable us to live long and healthy lives. Why, then, do health costs continue to climb at unsustainable and frightening rates?

President Obama is also standing up for women in North Carolina and across our country. He has helped women fight for equal pay for equal work; he has fought to guarantee that women have access to quality, affordable health care, including making sure that insurance plans cover birth control with no out-of-pocket cost.