Bobby Jindal Quotes

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

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.

We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.

I don't think it's any secret I've never been an advocate for the Affordable Care Act.

My legacy is going to be in affordable health care. I am willing to invest in developing that model and the policies around it.

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

Having access to affordable, available health care is not a Republican or Democrat issue.

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.

I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.

A public option is essential to creating the cost-savings necessary to offset the cost of providing all Americans access to affordable health care.

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

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.

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

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

I am an Obamacare agnostic - if it works, as I hope it will for the good of the nation, then it's a great thing. If it doesn't, then that is a disappointing thing, and we need to try something else.

I have been following the attempt to initiate or revamp federal involvement in the health of Americans since it was a major topic for my high school debating team in 1947.

Over and over again, I hear from Oregonians that we need real health care reform that provides every American with access to quality, affordable care.

We will have health care reform in America.

We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care for all, especially for the specialty care services that community health centers do not provide.

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

It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow - building a health care system that works for all Americans.

When you're talking about comprehensive health care, you're going to make a lot of people unhappy.

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

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.

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.