Rand Paul Quotes

This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today - a competitive marketplace: That's an idea that both sides embrace.

I'm committed to universal health coverage and education.

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.

I say that Medicaid isn't the only vehicle to be able to purchase coverage or be able to have coverage.

Healthcare is consistently the top issue that people talk to me about, and it continues to be one of my top priorities in Congress.

The problem or the fundamental flaw of Obamacare was that they put regulations on the insurance, about 12 regulations, which increased the cost of the insurance. And so President Obama wanted to help poor, working-class people, but he actually hurts them by making the insurance too expensive to want to buy. I had someone at the house just recently was doing some work, and he said: "Oh, my son doesn't have insurance, he's paying the penalty because it's too expensive."

I said in a forum on health care if the Republicans can come up with a system that insures more people cheaper, better I will be the first one.

Businesses want to offer solid, affordable health insurance to their employees, but it is getting harder to find every year.

A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads... Now young people can get insurance for as little as $50 a month, less than the cost of gym shoes.

Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.

We have health insurance companies playing a major role in the provision of healthcare, both to the employed whose employers provide health insurance, and to those who are working but on their own are not able to afford it and their employers either don't provide it, or don't provide it at an affordable price. We are still struggling. We've made a lot of progress. Ten million Americans now have insurance who didn't have it before the Affordable Care Act, and that is a great step forward.

Health care is a human right, and single-payer health care will deliver quality, affordable care to every Illinoisan.

Age is the thing that correlates best to what health coverage costs.

Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies.

The premise of insurance is to spread the risk. It's the premise of homeowner's insurance, of car insurance, and of health insurance. It's one reason why it's important to have insurance when you're healthy, so that when you get sick, you won't go sign up just when you get sick, because that increases the cost for everyone.

So let's find a way to protect people differently than Obamacare, because Obamacare's answer was, 'Just make everybody pay more'.

Americans need access to affordable, reliable health insurance. They want President Trump to take responsibility and work to ensure their continued access to their insurance - creating certainty and affordability, not confusion and chaos.

We got to protect Medicaid.

We must continue our work to improve and strengthen health care for Georgians, and we must defend the vital protections and programs that protect the health and wellbeing of families across our nation.

One of the problems fundamental to health care in the United States is access and cost.

I ran for Congress as a first-time candidate to fight to protect everyone with a pre-existing condition, to bring down the skyrocketing costs of healthcare and prescription drugs, to fight for clean drinking water, and to help restore civility and decency to our politics.

Health care, whether I like it or not, is at the foundation of my public service.

When I turn 55, I'm going to be on Medicare. I can call up and tell them I don't want to be on Medicare, but otherwise, I'll be on Medicare. So they use this kind of automatic enrollment. We give states the option of automatically enrolling those who are eligible.

I have Obamacare; trust me - it's not perfect.

Americans deserve the best health care system in the world - one that emphasizes quality but reduces cost so all Americans can participate.