Mehmet Oz Quotes

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

We have a country that wants to believe it is the best in everything, but until all of us embrace the idea that health care should be a right, not a privilege, our system cannot be glibly described as, quote, 'the best in the world.'

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.

Thanks to President Barack Obama, under the Affordable Care Act, millions more people will be eligible for health insurance, including many people with HIV.

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

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

I've been on record since 2005 saying we need to find a way to eliminate the use of the pre-existing condition. The way to do that is really to get everyone in the insurance pool, and that way, we'll have people who need health services today, some who need it tomorrow, and some who won't need it for quite some time.

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.

In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

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

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

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.

When President Obama passed health care reform, it was personal! And when Governor Romney says he would repeal Obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that's personal too.

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

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 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.

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

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

We're the only western country that doesn't have a national health care ID.

I want to level the playing field for people who want to purchase health insurance as individuals, and that means eliminating the exemption for employer-sponsored health care.

It is inexcusable that the richest country in the world does not take care of all of its people. We don't consider ourselves idealistic; we're thoughtfully trying to make a beautiful health care model.

By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America!

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

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.