Neal Patterson Quotes

If the government didn't try to guarantee that everybody should have access to decent health care, it wouldn't happen.

We are the only major country in the world that does not guarentee health care to its citizens as a right.

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

The United States of America is the only country on Earth that does not guarantee health care to all of its people as a right.

Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance.

I want a national health policy where everyone is covered—just like we have in the military.

We all know we're probably the only industrialized nation that doesn't provide health care.

I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.

I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.

Single payer means something different to everyone. The way I define it is that health care is a right and not a privilege.

Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.

Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate.

Is Medicare socialism? You want to get rid of Medicare. And a lot of the people against health care do. I want to preserve it and grow it.

My personal feeling, if I can interject a political note, is that I don't think it is right that basic health care is a privilege. It shouldn't be. It should be a right of all human beings. And certainly in the richest country in the world.

Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.

I'm not saying we don't need health care reform. We do need health care reform.

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

We're trying to take a leadership role in solving the nation's health-care crisis. We want everybody in this country to have health insurance.

I don't know if there is a Democrat who necessarily doesn't believe health care is a right instead of privilege. There is a significant between us and the Republican Party on that issue.

Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done.

I have been absolutely clear where I'm coming from about health care reform. This is something this nation has to do and a robust public option has been the mantra of my campaign from the very outset.

People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations.

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone.

I believe in health care reform.