John Lewis Quotes

In my opinion, real reform, which lowers costs and ensures all Americans get the quality, affordable health care that they deserve, cannot be accomplished without a robust public option.

The Affordable Care Act has clearly, as Secretary Clinton made the point, done a lot of good things, but, what it has not done is dealt with the fact we have 29 million people today who have zero health insurance, we have even more who are underinsured with large deductibles and copayments and prescription drug prices are off the wall.

Vote Republican if you like, but don't kid yourself that a Republican president would replace Obamacare with anything at all.

I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.

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

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

It is not only a moral imperative that we cover everybody (with insured heath care), it has become an economic necessity.

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

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

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

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

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

Not passing Obamacare won't bankrupt America; passing it will.

Instead of forcing everyone to buy health insurance, Congress should pass a law protecting the uninsured from being charged more than the insurance companies are for a given service.

We will cover those folks that are on ObamaCare that need to be covered, but at the same time, we're going to find ways to lower prices, allow people to choose better doctors, and have a lot more freedom when it comes to health care.

Say good-bye to the Affordable Care Act. That means 20 million people who lose their health insurance, just like that.

Everybody acknowledges that the current path we're on is unsustainable, not just for the people who don't have health insurance but for those who do.

Obama achieved something in his first year with health care that successive presidents have been unable to achieve.

When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.

Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional.

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

I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable problem in American health care life, which is that a significant portion of the population does not have access to quality medical care.

But if you - if what - the reports are true, what they're saying is, is that as a consequence of us getting 30 million additional people health care, at the margins that's going to increase our costs, we knew that.

I worked with President Obama on the Affordable Care Act and getting health coverage to all Americans. It was my legislation that said insurance companies can no longer deny coverage for kids with preexisting conditions.

To do health care was a noble, good thing, and it will help America dramatically. I don't begrudge Barack Obama choosing it, even though if I were president, I might not have.