Tim Kaine Quotes

The US health-care system is a complete scandal. It's got twice the costs of comparable countries and some of the worst outcomes.

I think the first and principle objective is to repeal Obamacare before it does lasting, fundamental damage to our health care system, to our individual liberty, to the relationship each of us has with his or her doctor.

Health care in America, despite all you hear, still offers us citizens one of the most efficient and highest quality systems in the world. But it's expensive, and it's only getting worse.

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.

We will have health care reform in America.

If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.

The Affordable Care Act has hurt more people that it's helped.

I think many agree, being on the plan till 26, good idea; preexisting conditions, they all have a cost. So you have to find a way to pay for it. But it doesn't mean that you're going to keep or change. Listen, cars have tires. You can reinvent the car, but it's still going to have tires. Those aspects are components of healthcare.

Governor Kasich and I won't agree on everything, but agree we've got to control the rise in health care costs on all levels.

On a mild day in January 2011, Republicans in the House voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It was the first of more than 80 attempts to dismantle the landmark law.

I have voted to repeal the president's health care law and will continue to advocate for its repeal. Additionally, I will push for critical reforms that focus on controlling costs and empowering patients within the health care system.

When I hear about Mainers rationing their medication or losing their life-savings despite being insured, I know our health care system requires major reform.

Nations that pay for outcomes and health actually spend a lower percentage of GDP, and they have better outcomes. And so the Affordable Care Act is starting to make that migration, but we've got to keep down that path, and we'll improve outcomes and reduce cost.

Replacing your family's current health care with government-run health care is not the answer. In fact, it'll make health care much more expensive.

We need to have our conservative version of what health care looks like, and that will include a repeal of Obamacare.

I'll help repeal Obamacare in my first term, or go home, because you deserve a senator who gets the job done or gets out of the way. Repeal or go home. That's my pledge to you.

The Affordable Care Act was not affordable. The Affordable Care Act is not affordable.

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.

We cannot allow the Trump administration to invalidate our nation's health care law.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.

Reformers in Washington need to do a better job of explaining how market-based alternatives to ObamaCare are a better outcome for the structure and delivery of health care.

One issue that affects every American is health care.

Sometimes it seems President Obama lives in a parallel universe where facts are floating around to be plucked out of suspended animation. Never more so than on the effects of the Affordable Care Act.

I want to make sure more people - not fewer - have access to quality, affordable health care.

We need to build on the progress of the Affordable Care Act, not tear it down in the middle of a global pandemic.