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Stacey Abrams on Health Care
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| Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger (GA); 2020 Veepstakes contender |
Click here for 11 full quotes by Stacey Abrams
OR click here for Stacey Abrams on other issues.
- Disaster preparedness includes global pandemic preparation. (Jun 2020)
- ObamaCare navigators explain new health insurance systems. (Jun 2020)
- Increase production for coronavirus testing; expand Medicaid. (Apr 2020)
- His personal debt was from caring for father with cancer. (Nov 2019)
- Protect progress of ObamaCare, instead of lawsuits. (Feb 2019)
- Medicaid expansion for reduced cost & preexisting conditions. (Nov 2018)
- Paying for uncompensated care brings money back. (Nov 2018)
- Expand Medicaid; explore universal coverage. (Aug 2017)
- Let ObamaCare plans cover abortion. (Mar 2014)
- Tax breaks for high deductible insurance; no aid for insured. (Apr 2008)
- Allow asbestos lawsuits before physical impairment occurs. (Apr 2007)
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Justin Amash on Health Care
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| Independent MI Rep; possible Presidential Challenger |
Click here for 8 full quotes by Justin Amash
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- Private market with government backstop at state level. (May 2020)
- Don't require purchase of government-approved insurance. (Nov 2010)
- Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
- Voted YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
- Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
- Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Jul 2010)
- Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law. (Jan 2011)
- Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient. (Feb 2015)
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Joe Biden on Health Care
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| Former Vice President; previously Democratic Senator (DE) |
Click here for 103 full quotes by Joe Biden
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- Individual mandate is constitutional even with $0 tax. (Jun 2021)
- No transgendered discrimination by healthcare providers. (May 2021)
- Create an advanced research project agency for health. (Apr 2021)
- Public option is not socialism. (Oct 2020)
- President must tell whole truth about his health. (Oct 2020)
- Allow serious return on investment in new drugs, not gouging. (Sep 2020)
- We can beat cancer: invest more money in research. (Aug 2020)
- COVID19: make sure there's free testing & free treatment. (Apr 2020)
- Lower Medicare eligibility age to 60. (Apr 2020)
- Public option for ObamaCare; $50 billion for research. (Feb 2020)
- Got ObamaCare passed and will expand it. (Feb 2020)
- My Medicare if you want it plan is affordable. (Feb 2020)
- Biden Cancer Initiative: data from multiple researchers. (Feb 2020)
- Tax capital gains at bracket levels to pay for health plan. (Feb 2020)
- Invest $50B in new agency to fight cancer. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-all plan costs $30 trillion & will raise taxes. (Dec 2019)
- Straightforward approach on healthcare, not ten year plans. (Jul 2019)
- Limit co-pays to $1,000; keep your own insurance. (Jul 2019)
- Future of healthcare is biopharma; control those prices. (Jul 2019)
- I have only plan limiting insurance companies. (Jul 2019)
- Cover undocumented immigrants to reduce overall cost of care. (Jun 2019)
- National effort to cure cancer by genomics. (Oct 2017)
- Increased funding for NIH to highest level in a decade. (Jan 2016)
- Moonshot on cancer: increase resources, cooperation. (Jan 2016)
- Modernize, simplify & expand health insurance. (Nov 2007)
- Help medical students find ways to finance their tuition. (Oct 2007)
- Rethink healthcare by focusing on prevention. (Sep 2007)
- Start with catastrophic insurance and insuring all kids. (Aug 2007)
- Survived two aneurysms in the 1990s. (Oct 2005)
ObamaCare
- Give Medicare power to negotiate lower prescription prices. (Apr 2021)
- Cap insurance at 8.5% of income instead of 10%. (Mar 2021)
- Re-open ACA enrollment; restore ObamaCare to pre-Trump level. (Feb 2021)
- ObamaCare plus a public option makes BidenCare. (Oct 2020)
- Pre-existing conditions are in jeopardy from Supreme Court. (Oct 2020)
- A hundred million people have pre-existing conditions. (Sep 2020)
- Public option won't end private insurance; only for Medicaid. (Sep 2020)
- Add public option to ACA, healthcare is a right. (Sep 2020)
- Restore all cuts made to ObamaCare, then add more. (Mar 2020)
- Must divulge cost of health care legislation. (Feb 2020)
- Add mental health parity to ObamaCare, with Biden option. (Jan 2020)
- Reform healthcare, don't force folks off private insurance. (Nov 2019)
- By 2021, ACA says insurance must pay for expensive HIV drugs. (Oct 2019)
- My plan builds on ObamaCare; adding $740B for public option. (Sep 2019)
- Public option under ObamaCare covers vast majority for $750B. (Jul 2019)
- Biden plan has public option; thinking otherwise is malarkey. (Jul 2019)
- Would bring back the individual mandate. (Jul 2019)
- Build on ObamaCare, with Medicare buy-in. (Jun 2019)
- Expand ObamaCare, but not Medicare-for-All. (Apr 2019)
- Those near doughnut hole you get $600 more for Rx benefits. (Oct 2012)
- Medicare gives seniors choice, even if Rx prices negotiated. (Oct 2012)
- ObamaCare built on the best of our private insurance system. (Mar 2011)
- Insurance mandate is same debate as for Social Security. (Feb 2010)
- Start paying for universal coverage with $100B in redundancy. (Sep 2007)
Pandemics
- I've ordered more anti-virus pills than anyone in history. (Mar 2022)
- Get more people vaccinated, or prolong coronavirus pandemic. (Nov 2021)
- Made 100M vaccination goal, but not 70% goal. (Mar 2021)
- $119 billion to build public confidence in vaccines. (Mar 2021)
- $8.5 billion for rural hospitals, for telehealth & COVID. (Mar 2021)
- Mandate COVID masks in all federal buildings. (Jan 2021)
- If we just all wore masks, we'd save 100,000 lives. (Oct 2020)
- A dark winter pandemic: People are learning to die with it. (Oct 2020)
- Re-open businesses, restaurants, & schools with COVID safety. (Oct 2020)
- I wanted to keep people in China in early 2020 pandemic. (Oct 2020)
- Trump left rules to states; I want national standards. (Oct 2020)
- Depending on vaccine, think about making it mandatory. (Oct 2020)
- COVID: Would mandate mask use in federal buildings. (Oct 2020)
- COVID: maskless people responsible for their actions. (Oct 2020)
- We didn't shut down economy; Trump shut down his economy. (Sep 2020)
- Wearing masks saves lives; social distancing is responsible. (Sep 2020)
- Protect workers and schools from COVID with funding & PPE. (Sep 2020)
- Wearing a mask is a patriotic requirement, not slavery. (Sep 2020)
- Supports national mask mandate. (Sep 2020)
- Coronavirus: Listen to science; step out of the way. (Aug 2020)
- Trump's looking for coronavirus miracle; no miracle coming. (Aug 2020)
- I'll do what we should've done from beginning of coronavirus. (Aug 2020)
- Coronavirus: Deal with health crisis before economic crisis. (Mar 2020)
- Coronavirus national rally: care; testing; hospital capacity. (Mar 2020)
- Accept coronavirus test kits from World Health Organization. (Mar 2020)
- We've handled pandemics before, present system not ready. (Mar 2020)
- Coronavirus: Let the scientists speak; let them prepare us. (Mar 2020)
- We invested in health agencies and kept Ebola out of the US. (Feb 2020)
- Insist that China let our experts inspect for coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- Work with China, in China, on coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- Got tested for AIDS after blood transfusion; no shame in it. (Jun 2007)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
- Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Nov 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
- Voted YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
- Voted YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
- Voted YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
- Voted YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
- Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
- Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
- Voted YES on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
- Voted YES on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
- Voted NO on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
- Voted YES on blocking medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
- Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
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Mike Bloomberg on Health Care
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| Mayor of New York City (Independent) |
Click here for 23 full quotes by Mike Bloomberg
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- CDC needs funding to fight coronavirus; Trump de-funded it. (Feb 2020)
- Insurance plans should cover mental health; my companies do. (Feb 2020)
- 2011: We're going to cut back Medicaid and Medicare. (Feb 2020)
- NYC life expectancy grew 3 years during my 12 years as mayor. (Feb 2020)
- I am a fan of ObamaCare; I've praised it; let's expand it. (Feb 2020)
- Cannot take away employer insurance from 160 million people. (Feb 2020)
- Change patent laws to get generic drugs on the market faster. (Jan 2020)
- Protect & expand access to care in rural areas. (Jan 2020)
- Ban flavored tobacco products of all kinds. (Jan 2020)
- Require insurance coverage for mental health care. (Jan 2020)
- Expand ObamaCare & Medicare. (Nov 2019)
- We can never afford to replace employer-based health system. (Jan 2019)
- Individual mandate makes insurance affordable for all. (Dec 2017)
- Obesity kills more people than smoking; limit portion size. (Mar 2013)
- Large sugary drink rule is portion control, not a ban. (Mar 2013)
- 2000: Two stents implanted in coronary artery. (Sep 2010)
- $500M to Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health. (Sep 2010)
- Ban trans-fats and replace with fruit & vegetable vendors. (Jan 2008)
- $2.5B trust fund for NYC future retirees’ health care. (Jun 2007)
- Pay-for-prevention towards goal of universal coverage. (Jun 2007)
- Prioritize city healthcare on HIV, diabetes & hypertension. (May 2007)
- Banned trans fats in NYC restaurants. (Apr 2007)
- Smoking ban was a crusade of his mayoral administration. (Oct 2005)
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Cory Booker on Health Care
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| Mayor of Newark; N.J. Senator; 2020 presidential contender (withdrawn) |
Click here for 20 full quotes by Cory Booker
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- Forbid charging more for drugs in U.S. than elsewhere. (Oct 2019)
- We cannot sacrifice progress for purity. (Sep 2019)
- We spend multiple times what other countries do on health. (Jul 2019)
- Too many profiting off of people's pain. (Jun 2019)
- Health care is a right; public option is step towards goal. (May 2019)
- Support Medicare for All but do what's possible now. (May 2019)
- Public option is first step, negotiate lower drug prices. (Apr 2019)
- Medicare for all; start with commonsense reforms. (Mar 2019)
- Reduce Medicare eligibility to 55 from current age of 65. (Mar 2019)
- Allow importing prescription drugs to lower Rx prices. (Feb 2019)
- Backs Medicare-for-All. (Feb 2019)
- Ok to consider single-payer, but I'm not behind it. (Mar 2017)
- Repealing ObamaCare hurts working-class. (Mar 2017)
- Repealing ObamaCare with no replacement just hurts Americans. (Jan 2017)
- ObamaCare is a vital step in the right direction. (Nov 2013)
- ObamaCare needs to be improved, but is helping people now. (Oct 2013)
- Control healthcare cost; no comment on single-payer. (Aug 2013)
- We need a national solution and also local solutions. (Feb 2009)
- Newark Rx: affordable medications for uninsured Newarkers. (Feb 2009)
- Keep ObamaCare's prevention, treatment, & recovery services. (Feb 2017)
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Pete Buttigieg on Health Care
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| Democratic Presidential Challenger; IN Mayor |
Click here for 24 full quotes by Pete Buttigieg
OR click here for Pete Buttigieg on other issues.
- Deal with coronavirus with international integration. (Feb 2020)
- Make it OK to publicly talk about mental health struggles. (Feb 2020)
- Fix healthcare so we don't force it on anybody. (Feb 2020)
- 2018: Medicare-for-All; 2020: only for those who want it. (Feb 2020)
- Don't command, it should be Medicare for those who want it. (Feb 2020)
- Don't command, it should be Medicare for those who want it. (Feb 2020)
- Support people facing assisted suicide from terminal illness. (Feb 2020)
- Individual mandate so no such thing as an uninsured American. (Jan 2020)
- My plan does not cost the most, but isn't small. (Jan 2020)
- Forced Medicare for All would divide the country. (Oct 2019)
- Good care for all and affordable prevention for all. (Oct 2019)
- Trust people to know what health plan is best for them. (Sep 2019)
- Pay more in taxes but less in healthcare premium. (Jul 2019)
- My mother-in-law's life was saved by the ACA. (Jul 2019)
- How do we get to single payer? Need a glide path. (Jun 2019)
- Cover undocumented immigrants; then we're all healthier. (Jun 2019)
- Single payer option can lead to Medicare for all. (Mar 2019)
- Medicare for all who want it: public option. (Mar 2019)
- Public option is step towards universal care. (Mar 2019)
- Single rate for healthcare before single payer. (Feb 2019)
- His generation not put off by claims of "socialism". (Feb 2019)
- Gender reassignment surgery is part of health care. (Feb 2019)
- Single payer can still allow role for private insurance. (Feb 2019)
- 2018: favored single-payer Medicare-for-All. (Feb 2018)
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Julian Castro on Health Care
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| Democratic Presidential Challenger (withdrawn); former HUD Secretary |
Click here for 7 full quotes by Julian Castro
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- Strengthen Medicare and then expand to anyone who wants it. (Jul 2019)
- Denying health care for undocumented is un-American. (Jun 2019)
- US should be the healthiest nation. (Apr 2019)
- Medicare for all, but allow private insurance. (Apr 2019)
- Would tax the richest to fund Medicare for All. (Feb 2019)
- Medicare for all, paid for by tax on wealthy. (Jan 2019)
- Americans should not be on their own for health care. (Apr 2011)
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Bill de Blasio on Health Care
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| NYC Mayor; Democratic Presidential Challenger (withdrawn) |
Click here for 12 full quotes by Bill de Blasio
OR click here for Bill de Blasio on other issues.
- It's a myth that people like employer-based insurance. (Jul 2019)
- Private insurance hasn't worked for many; let voters decide. (Jul 2019)
- Don't defend private health insurance; it's not working. (Jun 2019)
- Wife runs ThriveNYC for mental health reform. (May 2019)
- Require measles vaccinations, even for religious schools. (Apr 2019)
- Everyone has a right to health care. (Jan 2019)
- Health care is a human right; fight for single-payer. (Jan 2019)
- MetroPlus: public option for every single New Yorker. (Jan 2019)
- Guarantee health care for every New Yorker. (Jan 2019)
- Recruit & train nurses without need to go overseas. (Oct 2013)
- Enroll 600,000 more New Yorkers in ObamaCare by 2018. (Oct 2013)
- Train New Yorkers to fill 16,000 nursing positions. (Oct 2013)
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Tulsi Gabbard on Health Care
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| Democratic Presidential Challenger; HI Rep. |
Click here for 7 full quotes by Tulsi Gabbard
OR click here for Tulsi Gabbard on other issues.
- We don't have a healthcare system; it's a sick-care system. (Jul 2019)
- Medicare-for-All will reduce bureaucratic costs. (Jun 2019)
- Supports Medicare for All; address prescription costs. (Mar 2019)
- Supports Medicare-for-All but keep private insurance. (Mar 2019)
- Supports Medicare-for-All; tax wealthiest 5% to pay for it. (Jan 2019)
- Opposes repealing ObamaCare. (Sep 2012)
- Rated GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster". (Feb 2015)
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Kirsten Gillibrand on Health Care
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| Democratic Senator (NY); Democratic Candidate for President (withdrawn) |
Click here for 25 full quotes by Kirsten Gillibrand
OR click here for Kirsten Gillibrand on other issues.
- Money going to corporate profits, not health care. (Jul 2019)
- Keep private insurance in transition; goal is single payer. (Jun 2019)
- Transition to Medicare for all through public option. (Apr 2019)
- Provide a public option to get to universal coverage. (Jan 2019)
- Basic Health Program: offer lower-priced health insurance. (Jan 2019)
- Expand Medicare and add not-for-profit public option. (Oct 2018)
- Opposes NYC large sugary drink ban. (Oct 2012)
- Investigate insurers until full program initiates in 2014. (Oct 2010)
- Medicare for all; allow drug reimportation. (Nov 2006)
- Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
- Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
- Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
- Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
- Better and immediate funding for Medicare & Medicaid. (Dec 2000)
- Prescription drug benefit within Medicare. (Jun 2000)
- Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Apr 2013)
- Keep ObamaCare's prevention, treatment, & recovery services. (Feb 2017)
- Sponsored bill providing for autism treatment under TRICARE. (Jun 2009)
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Mike Gravel on Health Care
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| Libertarian for President; Former Dem. Senator (AK); withdrew from Presidential primary July 2019 |
Click here for 18 full quotes by Mike Gravel
OR click here for Mike Gravel on other issues.
- VA4A: Veterans Administration healthcare for all. (Apr 2019)
- Expand Medicare coverage & child healthcare programs. (Apr 2008)
- Universal coverage with guaranteed equal care. (Sep 2007)
- Reforms fail because pharma companies control Congress. (Sep 2007)
- Everybody should have the same health care. (Sep 2007)
- Applies lessons from his healthcare-related bankruptcy. (Sep 2007)
- Need to do better job on treating Americans with HIV. (Aug 2007)
- End subsidization of the insurance companies. (Jun 2007)
- Doctors do a lot of testing today to cover their backsides. (Mar 2007)
- Single-payer health care plan via vouchers you can add to. (Mar 2007)
- Real reform impossible under mercantile lobbying system. (Mar 2007)
- Reforming employer-based system keeps historical accident. (Mar 2007)
- Vouchers provide freedom of choice and perhaps public plan. (Mar 2007)
- President has role to energize people for preventive health. (Mar 2007)
- Phase out Medicare and Medicaid over time. (Mar 2007)
- Citizen Power includes universal health care. (Jan 2007)
- Almost all developed nations provide healthcare for all. (Nov 2006)
- We have impressive resources but need delivery to people. (Jan 1972)
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Kamala Harris on Health Care
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| Democratic candidate for President (withdrawn); California Senator |
Click here for 19 full quotes by Kamala Harris
OR click here for Kamala Harris on other issues.
- Trump knew the truth on coronavirus and covered it up. (Oct 2020)
- On pre-existing conditions: Republicans are coming for you. (Oct 2020)
- COVID: track racial disparities; get vaccines to neediest. (Aug 2020)
- Supports single-payer without private insurance. (Jul 2020)
- Federal funding for PrEP to prevent HIV/AIDS. (Oct 2019)
- Medicare-for-All with 10-year transition and private option. (Jul 2019)
- Cover everyone; don't leave out 10 million Americans. (Jul 2019)
- Separate employment from healthcare, but not illegal. (Jul 2019)
- For-profit insurers jack up co-pays and deductibles. (Jul 2019)
- Huge profits for insurance; pharma on backs of families. (Jul 2019)
- $5000 deductible demonstrates flaws of for profit system. (Jun 2019)
- Supports Medicare for All, even undocumented aliens. (May 2019)
- Private insurance not victims under single payer. (Apr 2019)
- Make healthcare fundamental right, not privilege for wealthy. (Feb 2019)
- End private health insurance with Medicare for All. (Jan 2019)
- We pay more for prescriptions than abroad: they negotiate. (Jan 2019)
- Require pharmaceutical companies to allow generics. (Aug 2017)
- Companies should provide contraception under ObamaCare. (Nov 2013)
- Opposes repealing mandated health insurance. (Nov 2016)
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John Hickenlooper on Health Care
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| Democratic Presidential Challenger (withdrew, Aug. 2019); CO Governor |
Click here for 18 full quotes by John Hickenlooper
OR click here for John Hickenlooper on other issues.
- COVID: Need capacity test or vaccinate every American. (Oct 2020)
- COVID: Trump ignored the risk, that was negligent. (Oct 2020)
- We need to get to universal coverage, won't break the bank. (Oct 2020)
- ACA led to successful state marketplace & Medicaid expansion. (Oct 2020)
- Allow Medicare to negotiate with drug companies. (Sep 2020)
- Investigate anticompetitive practices by drug companies. (Sep 2020)
- I will always stand up for Medicaid. (Sep 2020)
- Public option ok; evolution, not revolution. (Jul 2019)
- Implemented ObamaCare and expanded Medicaid in Colorado. (Mar 2019)
- Opposed Colorado publicly-financed healthcare. (Mar 2019)
- Against single payer; supports public option. (Mar 2019)
- ObamaCare not perfect; it has helped but needs improvement. (Jan 2018)
- Stabilize private markets & deal with high-cost pools. (Aug 2017)
- Too soon to make changes in Obamacare. (Mar 2017)
- Basic health care is a right, not a privilege. (Jan 2017)
- 2012: Make healthcare both affordable and accessible. (May 2016)
- Not acceptable for 2,500 kids to lose CHP health coverage. (May 2011)
- Current health costs restrain job growth & hurt families. (Nov 2010)
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John Kasich on Health Care
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| Republican Governor; previously Representative (OH-12); 2000 & 2016 candidate for President |
Click here for 24 full quotes by John Kasich
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- $112M for mental health hospital, plus Medicaid expansion. (Mar 2018)
- To Dems: let market work; to GOP: help people who need it. (Aug 2017)
- Medicaid expansion brought health care to 700,000 people. (Apr 2017)
- Reforming ObamaCare ok; cutting coverage is not. (Feb 2017)
- Very, very bad idea to phase out Medicaid expansion. (Feb 2017)
- Give financial incentive for low cost & good outcomes. (Feb 2016)
- Ohio expanded Medicaid but not for ObamaCare. (Feb 2016)
- We save $22,500 a year by treating addicts & mentally ill. (Feb 2016)
- We reduced Medicaid funding by 7.5% with no benefit cuts. (Nov 2015)
- Ohio took Medicaid from 10% to 2.5%. (Oct 2015)
- Expand Medicaid; everybody has a right to God-given purpose. (Aug 2015)
- Opposes ObamaCare but not all public programs. (Aug 2015)
- Shift funding from nursing homes to home-based care. (Mar 2015)
- Accepted ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion statewide. (Feb 2015)
- Expand Medicaid to 275,000 poor Ohioans, but not ObamaCare. (Oct 2013)
- Equalize mental health coverage with physical health. (Oct 1999)
- $776B tax cut plan helps people afford health care. (Mar 1999)
- Voted YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
- Voted YES on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
- Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
- Opposes government-run healthcare. (Aug 2010)
- Opposes physician-assisted suicide. (Aug 2010)
- Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid. (Jan 2011)
- Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)
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Amy Klobuchar on Health Care
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| DFL Sr Senator (MN); Democratic presidential contender |
Click here for 42 full quotes by Amy Klobuchar
OR click here for Amy Klobuchar on other issues.
- Provide mental health care with two-cent opioid tax. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-All costs $60T & kicks off 149M from insurance. (Feb 2020)
- Don't blow up ObamaCare with Medicare-for-All. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-All will kick 149 million off their insurance. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-All will kick 149 million off their insurance. (Feb 2020)
- Non-profit public option: I have a plan for that. (Jan 2020)
- We need a paid-for healthcare plan, not a pipe dream. (Jan 2020)
- Take on Big Pharma, to make drugs more affordable. (Oct 2019)
- More mental health resources for LGBTQ. (Oct 2019)
- Do not eliminate employer insurance plans. (Sep 2019)
- Provide immediate health care for undocumented immigrants. (Jun 2019)
- Allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices & re-import. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare/Medicaid can be step towards universal care. (Jun 2019)
- Backs Medicare Advantage, alternative to Medicare. (May 2019)
- Ensure vets get equal support for mental health. (Apr 2019)
- Supports public option for Medicaid & Medicare. (Apr 2019)
- Take on Big Pharma on prices & lack of competition. (Apr 2019)
- For public option, taking on Big Pharma. (Mar 2019)
- We can bring drug prices down; Trump can't. (Mar 2019)
- Medicare-for-all is aspirational and for the future, not now. (Feb 2019)
- Medicare-for-All for the future; public option now. (Feb 2019)
- Expand Medicare to age 55. (Feb 2019)
- Allow Medicare to directly negotiate prices. (Feb 2019)
- Allow sick people to obtain insurance. (Aug 2018)
- Crack down on the price of health care. (Jan 2006)
- Universal coverage is our goal. (Jan 2006)
- Billions for CDC for coronavirus; billions for NIH too. (Feb 2020)
Voting Record
- 1996: testified & passed 48-hr maternity hospital stay rule. (Aug 2015)
- Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
- Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
- Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Nov 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
- Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Apr 2013)
- Keep ObamaCare's prevention, treatment, & recovery services. (Feb 2017)
- Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
- Disclose payments from manufacturers to physicians. (Jan 2009)
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Gloria La Riva on Health Care
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| Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee for President |
Click here for 4 full quotes by Gloria La Riva
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- Support right to die/assisted suicide. (Aug 2020)
- Healthcare is a right; create single-payer system. (Nov 2010)
- Free quality health care for all. (Jan 2008)
- Create a universal healthcare system. (Jan 2008)
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Beto O`Rourke on Health Care
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| Democratic candidate for President; Texas Senator nominee |
Click here for 16 full quotes by Beto O`Rourke
OR click here for Beto O`Rourke on other issues.
- Distribute PrEP to everyone, at reduced cost. (Oct 2019)
- People can choose Medicare or not. (Sep 2019)
- Public option vs. Medicare for all a false choice. (Jul 2019)
- Biggest provider of mental healthcare in Texas are the jails. (Jun 2019)
- Expand health care benefits and support for veterans. (Jun 2019)
- Universal coverage, not Medicare-for-All. (Apr 2019)
- Supports Medicare for America as public option. (Mar 2019)
- Protect existing priorities, then expand Medicare & Medicaid. (Mar 2019)
- Medicare-X: government-run public option. (Mar 2019)
- Eventually make "health care for all" a reality. (Mar 2019)
- Open to different ways to get to universal health care. (Oct 2018)
- Improve ObamaCare, including public option. (Oct 2018)
- ObamaCare addresses some problems, but needs El Paso focus. (Nov 2012)
- Opposes repealing ObamaCare. (Sep 2012)
- Rated GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster". (Feb 2015)
- Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
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Barack Obama on Health Care
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| Democratic President (2009-2017); IL Senator (2004-2008) |
Click here for 120 full quotes by Barack Obama
OR click here for 37 older headlines
OR click here for Barack Obama on other issues.
- Set up permanent epidemic monitoring/command group. (Jan 2020)
- Prioritize finding a cure for cancer. (Jan 2016)
- ObamaCare didn't crush jobs nor explode deficits. (Jan 2015)
- FactCheck: Yes, 10 million newly insured last year. (Jan 2015)
- We reduced senior Rx prices & pushed preventive care. (Oct 2012)
- I don't think Medicare vouchers are the way to go. (Oct 2012)
- Voucher system puts seniors at mercy of insurance companies. (Oct 2012)
- Too many Americans skip preventive care due to cost. (Sep 2012)
- FactCheck: ObamaCare covers only 1/2 of 30 million uninsured. (Jan 2012)
- OpEd: Incremental plan builds on patchwork system. (Aug 2008)
- 2003 Rx Drug Bill combined worst of public & private sectors. (Aug 2008)
- Give more help to those denied a life of dignity & respect. (Jul 2008)
- Address minority health needs by more coverage & targeting. (Mar 2007)
- Allow prescription drug re-importation. (May 2004)
AIDS
- Lead eradication of malaria and HIV, like we did with Ebola. (Jan 2016)
- Commit to UN WHO dealing with public health pandemics. (Sep 2011)
- Advocated condom use to avoid AIDS at Saddleback Church. (Jan 2010)
ObamaCare
- 18 millions people have gained health insurance. (Jan 2016)
- FactCheck: 7M new Medicaid includes woodwork & normal churn. (Feb 2014)
- 12 million covered; zero denied for pre-existing conditions. (Jan 2014)
- Boards of experts identify best practices & keep costs down. (Oct 2012)
- ObamaCare says insurance companies can't jerk you around. (Oct 2012)
- Ignored advice to postpone reform, because it was needed. (Sep 2012)
- They called ObamaCare "Armageddon", but no asteroids fell. (Oct 2011)
- Repealing healthcare reform would cost $250B. (Jan 2011)
- Medicare is major driver of our long-term liabilities. (Jan 2010)
- Zero fines & no mandate for small business. (Oct 2008)
- No exclusions for pre-existing conditions. (Oct 2008)
- Health care is a right: something’s fundamentally wrong now. (Oct 2008)
- Ban insurance companies from discriminating against the sick. (Aug 2008)
- Include everyone who wants insurance in national pool. (Aug 2008)
- I’ve got a health plan and a plan to get it implemented. (Jun 2008)
- Voluntary universal participation, like in Medicare Part B. (Feb 2008)
- Buy private insurance via National Health Insurance Exchange. (Feb 2008)
- Against enforcement mechanism for mandating insurance. (Jan 2008)
- Subsidies to people who can’t afford care--not single payer. (Jan 2008)
- Problem isn’t mandating coverage, but affording it. (Nov 2007)
- Cautious incremental plan offers choice & subsidy. (Nov 2007)
- Tackle insurance companies on reimbursement system. (Oct 2007)
- Government healthcare like members of Congress have. (Sep 2007)
- Morally wrong that terminally ill must consider money. (Sep 2007)
- Increase competition in the insurance and drug markets. (Aug 2007)
- National Health Insurance Exchange for private coverage. (Aug 2007)
- Give people the choice to buy affordable health care. (Jun 2007)
- Employers are going to have to pay or play. (Mar 2007)
- The market alone can’t solve our health-care woes. (Oct 2006)
- Health care tied to balancing costs and taxes nation wide. (Jun 2006)
- 2008: must be national system; not state-level pilots. (Oct 2005)
- Will expand health coverage & allow meds to be re-imported. (May 2004)
Obamacare Criticism
- OpEd: Passing ObamaCare with no GOP caused long-term rancor. (May 2014)
- FactCheck: Some Medicare premiums went up under ObamaCare. (Jan 2014)
- FactCheck: Yes, 9M signed up, but only 3M are newly insured. (Jan 2014)
- Lie of the Year: 'If you like your plan, you can keep it'. (Dec 2013)
- ObamaCare and RomneyCare both expand private insurance. (Oct 2012)
- OpEd: ObamaCare passed by constitutionally suspect tactics. (Apr 2012)
- 2009: Accused of "Obamunism" and "Chains We Can Believe In". (Oct 2011)
- OpEd: True cost of ObamaCare was end of bipartisanship. (Oct 2011)
- OpEd: No authority to micromanage citizens' healthcare. (Jul 2011)
- FactCheck: healthcare reform saves $2B to $10B, not $250B. (Jan 2011)
- OpEd: Obama's public responsibility for health is socialism. (Nov 2010)
- OpEd: Slices $500B from Medicare; repeals Medicare Advantage. (Apr 2010)
- OpEd: Obamacare decides when life is worth preserving. (Apr 2010)
- OpEd: authority to require private insurance purchases? (Apr 2010)
- OpEd: ObamaCare was achieved by Cuba 50 years ago. (Mar 2010)
- OpEd: cut $622B in Medicare despite claiming no cuts. (Mar 2010)
- High-risk pool for uninsured, now in plan, was GOP idea. (Jan 2010)
- Cross-state-line insurance leads to cherry-picking. (Jan 2010)
- Tort reform only saves $5B per year; not enough to matter. (Jan 2010)
- Didn't tackle healthcare for political benefit, it's needed. (Jan 2010)
- FactCheck: Obama's estimate of $1T saved is closer to $132B. (Jan 2010)
- FactCheck: Exempts small business, but no $2,500/yr savings. (Oct 2008)
- $15B subsidies to private insurers was a lobbyist giveaway. (Sep 2008)
- End-of-life self-medication ok; euthanasia by others not ok. (Apr 2008)
- AdWatch: punishing uninsured families doesn’t make sense. (Feb 2008)
- FactCheck: Yes, Obama favored single-payer, despite denial. (Jan 2008)
- FactCheck: OPPORTUNITY to insure all, but no GUARANTEE. (Jan 2008)
- FactCheck: Reducing obesity would save $18B, not $1T. (Dec 2007)
- FactCheck: Correct that insurance lobbying cost $1B. (Sep 2007)
- Reform failed in ‘90s because of drug company lobbying. (Jul 2007)
Pandemics
- Created pandemic department for emergency response. (Sep 2020)
- 2014: Africa travel ban to battle Ebola outbreak. (May 2020)
- All kids should get vaccinated, but not by law. (Feb 2015)
- Ebola teaches us how to prevent future pandemics. (Jan 2015)
- An AIDS-free generation is within our reach. (Feb 2013)
- CDC estimate: a half million would follow Obama's AIDS test. (Aug 2008)
- Use whatever works with AIDS, including teaching abstinence. (Apr 2008)
- We need condom distribution to deal with the scourge of AIDS. (Aug 2007)
- Homophobia prevents talking about HIV/AIDS. (Jun 2007)
- Got tested for AIDS, with wife, in public, in Kenya. (Jun 2007)
- Curing AIDS must be all-hands-on-deck effort. (Mar 2007)
- Lead global fight against AIDS. (Jul 2004)
Universal Coverage
- Shifting Medicaid to states means some people don't get help. (Oct 2012)
- Add 2,000 new primary-care residency spots. (Apr 2010)
- 2009: Expanded SCHIP by loosening eligibility standards. (Nov 2009)
- Reduce premiums and uninsured get same coverage as Congress. (Oct 2008)
- When your child gets sick, you don't shop for best bargain. (Jul 2008)
- If we started from scratch, one-payer system would be best. (Jul 2008)
- Universal health care means anyone who wants it can get it. (Feb 2008)
- Mandating kids’ insurance ok; mandating adults has problems. (Feb 2008)
- Young adults up to age 25 can be covered under parents’ plan. (Feb 2008)
- Adults will get health care as they can afford it. (Feb 2008)
- No one turned away due to illness or pre-existing condition. (Feb 2008)
- AdWatch: Pressure insurance & drug companies to change. (Jan 2008)
- Being poor in this country is hazardous to your health. (Dec 2007)
- Added 20,000 children to Illinois healthcare. (Oct 2007)
- National insurance pool & catastrophic insurance. (Apr 2007)
- Healthcare system is broken without lifetime employment. (Oct 2006)
- Focus on the affordability of a broad healthcare plan. (Jan 2006)
- Crises happen in our lives and healthcare is necessary. (Oct 2004)
Voting Record
- No need to mandate coverage; just let people afford it. (Jul 2007)
- Voted NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
- Voted YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
- Voted YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
- Voted YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
- Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention. (Jan 2001)
- More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs. (Jan 2001)
- Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn. (Apr 2008)
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Mike Pence on Health Care
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| Republian nominee for Vice President; Governor of Indiana; former Representative (IN-6) |
Click here for 34 full quotes by Mike Pence
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- We're producing millions of vaccines; ready by end of year. (Oct 2020)
- Trust people to make smart decisions, mandates not needed. (Oct 2020)
- Medicare & Medicaid greatest threat to those under 40. (Sep 2020)
- Big government & candy are more harmful than cigarettes. (Sep 2020)
- Pay uninsured $1000 a year to buy health insurance. (Sep 2020)
- A nation of miracles: coronavirus vaccine by end of year. (Aug 2020)
- Coronavirus testing is state managed but federally supported. (Apr 2020)
- COVID: February 2020--We're ready for anything. (Feb 2020)
- Smoking doesn't kill; 90% of smokers don't get lung cancer. (Feb 2020)
- Replace ObamaCare with new plan with Congressional support. (Sep 2019)
- Don't regulate the prices of life-saving drugs. (Nov 2016)
- Healthy Indiana: expand Medicaid but with "skin in the game". (Jan 2014)
- Medicaid is not just broke, it is broken. (Jan 2014)
- ObamaCare is a government takeover of health care. (Mar 2010)
- Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
- Voted YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
- Voted NO on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)
- Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted NO on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
- Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
- Voted NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
- Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
- Voted YES on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
- Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
- Voted NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
- Voted YES on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
- Voted YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
- Rated 11% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
- Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Jul 2010)
- Deauthorize funding for Obamacare. (Jul 2010)
- Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law. (Jan 2011)
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Bernie Sanders on Health Care
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| Democratic primary challenger; Independent VT Senator; previously Representative (VT-At-Large) |
Click here for 109 full quotes by Bernie Sanders
OR click here for Bernie Sanders on other issues.
- Debt forgiveness for doctors & nurses in under-served areas. (Feb 2020)
- Will increase health benefits for all, in unions or not. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare for All is already a compromise. (Feb 2020)
- Bring America together:end international shame of healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Bring America together:end international shame of healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Help insurance industry employees transition to new jobs. (Jan 2020)
- Current system is not only cruel, it's dysfunctional. (Nov 2019)
- Job-based insurance forces people to change providers. (Jul 2019)
- Medicare for All: higher taxes but lower healthcare costs. (Jul 2019)
- Legalization of assisted suicide should be left to states. (Jun 2019)
- 1970s: For socialized medicine, public drug companies owned. (Mar 2019)
- Elective procedures can be covered by private insurance. (Feb 2019)
- Don't let Republicans do away with preexisting protection. (Oct 2018)
- Impose Medicaid requirements on states. (Oct 2018)
- Employer-based insurance burdens employers & stifles workers. (Aug 2017)
- Mental illness system is in tatters; treat like any illness. (Aug 2017)
- Lack of affordable dental care is part of healthcare crisis. (Nov 2016)
- Mental Health: people need more affordable treatments. (Nov 2016)
- Mental health coverage would stop suicides AND homicides. (Oct 2015)
- Move toward a single-payer system. (Mar 2015)
- 1972: Pushed for dental care for low-income children. (Jun 1997)
- ObamaCare alternatives need patient protections. (Jan 2017)
Pandemics
- Wrong to give company exclusive rights to drug treatment. (Mar 2020)
- Cover all costs for coronavirus testing and treatment. (Mar 2020)
- We don't have a healthcare system; only thousands of plans. (Mar 2020)
- International cooperation on coronavirus, and full funding. (Feb 2020)
- More money into research for pandemics like coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- Vaccinations work; electing not to vaccinate is dangerous. (Sep 2015)
Prescription Drugs
- Health care industry last year made $100 billion in profit. (Feb 2020)
- End the absurdity of co-payments and $600B corporate costs. (Jan 2020)
- No deductibles or co-payments; $200 a year for prescriptions. (Sep 2019)
- Cap annual costs for prescription drugs at $200. (Aug 2019)
- Took diabetics to Canada for insulin at 1/10th price. (Jul 2019)
- Pharma companies should justify high drug prices. (Feb 2019)
- Negotiate Medicare prices stop outrageous pharma ripoffs. (May 2018)
- Medicare should negotiate prices with pharma industry. (Feb 2017)
- 1999: Took Vermonters to Canada for low-cost Rx drugs. (Nov 2016)
- Focus healthcare on health instead of profits. (Nov 2016)
- Don't ignore prescription drug affordability. (Nov 2016)
- No country except USA lets drug companies charge any price. (Oct 2016)
- Combat Big Pharma's greed on drug prices. (Jul 2016)
Universal Coverage
- Push for "Medicare for All" in context of coronavirus. (Apr 2020)
- We need a simple system, which exists in Canada. (Mar 2020)
- Medicare-for-All will save Americans $450B per year. (Feb 2020)
- FactCheck: US pays twice OECD average, but not every country. (Feb 2020)
- Every president since FDR has tried to fix healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-All saves money to offset raising taxes. (Jan 2020)
- Medicare-for-all costs average family $1200 instead of $12K. (Dec 2019)
- Taxes will go up with Medicare for All, most will pay less. (Oct 2019)
- We lose 30,000 people a year due to not going to the doctor. (Sep 2019)
- Get rid of all for-profit health insurance companies. (Jul 2019)
- Comprehensive care including dental, hearing aids, & eyecare. (Jul 2019)
- This is not radical; virtually every other country does it. (Jul 2019)
- Healthcare as a human right includes immigrants. (Jul 2019)
- People will spend less money on Medicare for All. (Jun 2019)
- Canada has figured out single-payer, at half the cost of US. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare is most popular health insurance so let's expand it. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare-for-All will lead to stability, not disruption. (May 2019)
- Single payer will transform health care for the better. (Apr 2019)
- Medicare-for-all: no more private insurance plans. (Apr 2019)
- State-by-state Medicaid expansion is a major step. (Apr 2019)
- ObamaCare requires insurers to cover you, even at a loss. (Feb 2017)
- ObamaCare insured 20 million, but didn't go far enough. (Jan 2017)
- Real issue is healthcare at all, for rural poor. (Nov 2016)
- Federally-run single-payer program with mental/dental. (Nov 2016)
- $12B more for Federally Qualified Health Centers. (Feb 2016)
- For $500 more taxes, everyone gets $5,000 more healthcare. (Feb 2016)
- US is the only major country without universal health care. (Feb 2016)
- Other countries cover everyone; why can't we? (Feb 2016)
- Health care for 29 million more uninsured. (Feb 2016)
- Medicare for All: insure 29M people beyond ObamaCare. (Jan 2016)
- Single payer: Increased taxes offset by insurance cuts. (Jan 2016)
- I helped write ObamaCare; extend it to 29M more uninsured. (Jan 2016)
- The middle class will pay less with single payer health plan. (Dec 2015)
- We spend more on care than countries with single-payer. (Dec 2015)
- Healthcare is a fundamental right in a civilized society. (Sep 2015)
- Medicare for all: healthcare is a human right. (Sep 2015)
- U.S. is only major country without guaranteed healthcare. (Apr 2015)
- Civilized societies provide healthcare for the poor. (Jun 1997)
Voting Record
- Voted for ObamaCare; but prefers single-payer system. (Apr 2015)
- Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
- Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
- Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
- Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
- Voted NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
- Voted NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
- Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Nov 2007)
- Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
- Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
- Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
- Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
- Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
- Voted NO on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
- Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
- Voted NO on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
- Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
- Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
- MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
- Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
- Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
- Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
- Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
- Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
- Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn. (Apr 2008)
- Provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE. (Jun 2009)
- Sponsored bill expanding the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
- Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)
- Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
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Mark Sanford on Health Care
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| Republican SC Governor; previously Representative (SC-1); GOP Presidential Challenger (withdrawn) |
Click here for 7 full quotes by Mark Sanford
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- Transfer more Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. (Nov 2002)
- Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
- Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
- Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
- Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
- Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid. (Jan 2011)
- Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient. (Feb 2015)
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Howard Schultz on Health Care
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| Starbucks CEO; independent candidate for President until July 2019 |
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- Medicare-for-All: $32T cost is out of touch with reality. (Apr 2019)
- ObamaCare is ok, but Medicare-for-All goes too far. (Feb 2019)
- President must take responsibility for V.A. (Feb 2019)
- False choice between socialized medicine & ObamaCare repeal. (Feb 2019)
- Keep employee health benefits during Great Recession. (Jan 2019)
- Apply affordable healthcare to part-time employees. (Jan 2019)
- Single-payer health care is a false promise. (Jan 2019)
- Expand coverage to include part-time employees. (Jan 1999)
- Offer employee coverage for terminal illnesses. (Jan 1999)
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Tom Steyer on Health Care
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| Democratic Presidential Challenger; CEO |
Click here for 13 full quotes by Tom Steyer
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- Mandatory Coronavirus vaccines; and other immediate actions. (Feb 2020)
- Break corporate stranglehold to get public option. (Jan 2020)
- Term limits will break stranglehold on low taxes for rich. (Jan 2020)
- Supports public option; allow private insurance. (Nov 2019)
- More funding is needed for mental health care. (Nov 2019)
- Big Pharma charges Americans 10x what they charge abroad. (Oct 2019)
- Directly fund academic research to find cure for AIDS. (Oct 2019)
- Open Medicare to all who want it. (Jul 2019)
- Keep private health insurance; but add public option. (Jul 2019)
- Healthcare must be a RIGHT, not a privilege. (Jul 2019)
- Women need reproductive care; GOP wants to take it away. (Jul 2019)
- 2016: Increase cigarette tax by $2 per pack. (Jul 2019)
- We need transparency on all drug prices. (Feb 2017)
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Donald Trump on Health Care
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| 2016 Republican incumbent President; 2000 Reform Primary Challenger for President |
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- I aced a cognitive test; doctor never saw anybody ace it. (Jul 2021)
- Improve Medicare by looking for fraud, waste and abuse. (Sep 2020)
- I get things done, like right-to-try drugs. (Sep 2020)
- COVID: Supported China travel ban and national emergency. (Sep 2020)
- Dismantled global health security system before coronavirus. (Jun 2020)
- Falsely claims US did more tests rest of world combined. (May 2020)
- Claims to have seen evidence COVID19 was from Chinese lab. (Apr 2020)
- Ended pandemic early-warning program in Wuhan, China. (Apr 2020)
- Fact-Check: 4,311 drugs had price hike; 619 were lowered. (Feb 2020)
- Executive order requiring healthcare price transparency. (Feb 2020)
- Unacceptable for Americans to pay more for exact same drugs. (Feb 2019)
- Medicare for All is really Medicare for None. (Oct 2018)
- Let terminally ill take any experimental drugs. (Jan 2018)
- Why can't Medicare simply cover everybody? (Jan 2018)
- OpEd: Ordered healthcare associations, but no follow-up. (Dec 2017)
- Expand Health Savings Accounts but not forced by government. (Feb 2017)
- Slash restraints at FDA; get blessed with more miracle drugs. (Feb 2017)
- Lack of mental healthcare is greatest tragedy today. (Oct 2016)
- Focus on greatest bang for the buck, not public health. (Oct 2016)
- Let vets see private doctors or VA: that's not privatization. (Sep 2016)
- Create V.A. mental health division to reduce veteran suicide. (Sep 2016)
- Removing cross-state barriers solves many insurance issues. (Feb 2016)
- Taking care of poor sick people isn't single-payer. (Feb 2016)
- Insurance companies love a lack of competition. (Nov 2015)
- The insurance companies have total control over politicians. (Aug 2015)
- Don't cut Medicare; grow the economy to keep benefits. (Jun 2015)
- Make health insurance premiums tax-deductible. (Mar 2015)
- Increase insurance competition across state lines. (Dec 2011)
- We must have universal health care. (Jul 2000)
ObamaCare
- Biden will terminate 180 million healthcare plans. (Oct 2020)
- Replace ObamaCare with less expensive but great healthcare. (Oct 2020)
- My healthcare plan: we got rid of the individual mandate. (Sep 2020)
- ObamaCare is no good, even if run well. (Sep 2020)
- FactCheck: No massive prices cuts for prescription drugs. (Sep 2020)
- We already have much better healthcare plan, for less money. (Sep 2020)
- Already have a much better healthcare plan (but no details). (Sep 2020)
- FactCheck: Undercut protection for preexisting conditions. (Aug 2020)
- ObamaCare: not great but we're managing it fantastically. (Mar 2020)
- Socialist healthcare would take away from 180M patients. (Feb 2020)
- Decided not to kill ObamaCare, but still it's not good. (Jun 2019)
- Republicans will always support Pre-Existing Conditions. (Apr 2019)
- FactCheck: Opposed ObamaCare's pre-existing condition law. (Dec 2018)
- The cruel ObamaCare individual mandate is gone. (Jan 2018)
- We have gutted ObamaCare by ending individual mandate. (Dec 2017)
- Lower the cost of health insurance, instead of mandates. (Feb 2017)
- ObamaCare collapses under its own weight if we don't repeal. (Oct 2016)
- ObamaCare will never work; repeal it and replace it. (Oct 2016)
- ObamaCare is government control over our everyday lives. (Sep 2016)
- Keep pre-existing condition coverage; not individual mandate. (Feb 2016)
- Chief Justice Roberts: a disaster who gave us ObamaCare. (Feb 2016)
- 1998: For universal coverage; have to take care of people. (Oct 2015)
- Shifted from favoring universal care to opposing ObamaCare. (Sep 2015)
- We didn't have a free market before ObamaCare. (Jun 2015)
- ObamaCare is a catastrophe that must be repealed & replaced. (Jun 2015)
- Kill ObamaCare before it becomes a trillion-ton weight. (Dec 2011)
Pandemics
- Coronavirus vaccine works but some people aren't taking it. (Dec 2021)
- Use military to distribute 100 million vials of vaccine. (Oct 2020)
- Need to re-open country during pandemic, to have a country. (Oct 2020)
- We reduced coronavirus from an expected 2.2 million deaths. (Oct 2020)
- If H1N1 were as lethal as COVID, we'd have 700,000 dead. (Oct 2020)
- People with masks can still catch coronavirus. (Oct 2020)
- I put in travel ban to China very early, and Europe too. (Oct 2020)
- OpEd: Trump believed COVID was just public relations matter. (Oct 2020)
- FactCheck: experts changed on use of masks as facts emerged. (Sep 2020)
- COVID: We don't know how many died in China, Russia, India. (Sep 2020)
- Coronavirus was China's fault; I tried to close border. (Sep 2020)
- COVID: We're very close to having vaccine. (Sep 2020)
- COVID: If we wouldn't do testing you wouldn't have cases. (Sep 2020)
- Biden promised a national mask mandate and didn't do it. (Sep 2020)
- COVID-19 is going to disappear; I still say it. (Sep 2020)
- COVID: If we wouldn't do testing you wouldn't have cases. (Sep 2020)
- COVID: Why didn't Biden have national mask mandate? (Sep 2020)
- Set aside pandemic response plans prepared by Bush and Obama. (Sep 2020)
- FactCheck: No, America has tested less than Europe combined. (Sep 2020)
- We'll have a safe & effective coronavirus vaccine this year. (Aug 2020)
- FactCheck: Coronavirus testing has missed 90% of cases. (Aug 2020)
- OpEd: COVID response was to minimize negativity at all costs. (Jul 2020)
- OpEd:COVID non-response because no immediate personal effect. (Jul 2020)
- 1993: Falsely claimed you may get AIDS from kissing. (May 2020)
- Administration didn't participate in global vaccine summit. (May 2020)
- Coronavirus: Won't invoke oft-used Defense Production Act. (Mar 2020)
- Declined pandemic playbook prepared under Obama. (Mar 2020)
- AdWatch: Trump called coronavirus "their hoax" & "fake news". (Mar 2020)
- Cut pandemic response team in 2018, denied knowing about it. (Mar 2020)
- Unprepared to engage in pandemic transition exercise. (Mar 2020)
- Refused coronavirus test kits from World Health Organization. (Mar 2020)
- Coronavirus: I don't blame anybody; we inherited decisions. (Mar 2020)
- Coronavirus: Nobody but me asked questions about China. (Mar 2020)
- Called Democratic response to coronavirus a "new hoax". (Mar 2020)
- Screen people coming from coronavirus-infected areas. (Feb 2020)
- The coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. (Feb 2020)
- Eradicate AIDS epidemic by the end of this decade. (Feb 2020)
- Cut budget, fired entire pandemic response chain of command. (Jan 2020)
- 2014: Criticized Ebola czar; 2019: put Pence in charge. (Dec 2019)
- Trump reverses course on vaccinations; now in favor. (Apr 2019)
- Eliminate HIV/AIDS epidemic within 10 years. (Feb 2019)
- Educate public on value of comprehensive vaccinations. (Oct 2016)
- Stockpile treatments against future pandemics & bioterrorism. (Sep 2015)
- Ebola virus in America is Obama's fault. (Sep 2015)
- Criticizes immunizations for children, and other science. (Sep 2015)
- I'm for vaccines, but in smaller quantities to avoid autism. (Sep 2015)
- Supports repealing mandated health insurance. (Nov 2016)
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Jesse Ventura on Health Care
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| Former Independent MN Governor; possible Presidential Challenger |
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- 5,000 die yearly from preventable food-borne illness. (Apr 2011)
- 1948: US tested VD antibiotics on Guatemalan citizens. (Apr 2011)
- Treat anyone: the doctor issue us a human right. (Mar 2010)
- Individual responsibility for unhealthy lifestyle choices. (Dec 2000)
- Focus on prevention, children, and results. (Dec 2000)
- Supports “Minnesota Care”; tax to pay for uninsured. (Jul 2000)
- No national care, but pure capitalism can’t work. (Jul 2000)
- Comment “suicides are weak” meant “don’t encourage them”. (Jan 1999)
- Government interference should be kept to a minimum. (Nov 1998)
- Premise of the tobacco lawsuit wrong; it punishes victims. (Aug 1998)
- No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
- Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits. (Oct 1999)
- Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)
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Arvin Vohra on Health Care
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| Libertarian candidate for President; Libertarian Party Vice-Chair |
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- Lower medical costs come from price competition. (Mar 2018)
- Wants to eliminate the FDA and Medicare part D. (Dec 2017)
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Joe Walsh on Health Care
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| Republican presidential primary challenger (former IL Rep.) |
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- 2013: engage in civil disobedience to defy ObamaCare. (Sep 2019)
- Look at things like universal catastrophic care coverage. (Sep 2019)
- Opted out of Congress' health insurance plan. (Apr 2012)
- Opposed to government sponsored health care system. (Feb 2010)
- Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
- Voted YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
- Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
- Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Jul 2010)
- Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law. (Jan 2011)
- Remove all funding from the 2010 national healthcare law. (Jan 2011)
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Elizabeth Warren on Health Care
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| Massachusetts Senator; former head of CFPB; Dem. Presidential Challenger |
Click here for 34 full quotes by Elizabeth Warren
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- The most vulnerable people are susceptible to Coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- On tobacco: Have an FDA head who believes in science. (Feb 2020)
- Home health care workers to become critical occupation. (Feb 2020)
- Full health care coverage includes mental health care. (Feb 2020)
- Reduce the cost of commonly-used prescription drugs. (Feb 2020)
- Let government manufacture drugs when there's a price spike. (Jan 2020)
- Tax the 1 percent and we can provide health care to all. (Jan 2020)
- A president can cut Epi-pen costs all by herself. (Dec 2019)
- People shouldn't make medical decisions based on cost. (Nov 2019)
- Health care bill must reduce costs for middle class families. (Oct 2019)
- AIDS drugs should be available at cost for all. (Oct 2019)
- How to pay for it? Wealthy people & corporations pay more. (Sep 2019)
- Medicare-for-All means rich pay more, middle class less. (Sep 2019)
- For-profit insurance is not working for Americans. (Jul 2019)
- No God-given right to suck billions in healthcare profit. (Jul 2019)
- Costs will go up for billionaires, down for middle class. (Jul 2019)
- Complicated forms gives insurance companies chance to say no. (Jul 2019)
- We've tried private insurance; it sucks out billions. (Jul 2019)
- $23B in insurance profits means they want no change. (Jun 2019)
- $100 billion in multi-faceted program on opioid addiction. (May 2019)
- Start with prescription drugs, then negotiate single payer. (Mar 2019)
- Insurance isn't on/off: real coverage vs. faux coverage. (Nov 2014)
- Obvious solution is universal single-payer healthcare. (Nov 2014)
- No Medicare vouchers and no privatization. (Nov 2014)
- Healthcare costs higher now than in 1970s. (Apr 2014)
- ObamaCare provides free preventive care for women. (Aug 2012)
- No privatizing Medicare, nor voucher program. (Jul 2012)
- Medical problems cause 750,000 bankruptcies each year. (Oct 2007)
- Medicare-for-All would prevent many people from going broke. (Jun 2019)
Voting Record
- Co-sponsored Medicare-for-All. (May 2019)
- Too many huge federal giveaways to the drug industry. (Nov 2016)
- Supports the President's Affordable Care Act. (Mar 2012)
- Opposes repealing ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
- Keep ObamaCare's prevention, treatment, & recovery services. (Feb 2017)
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Bill Weld on Health Care
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| Libertarian Party nominee for Vice Pres.; former GOP MA Governor; 2020 GOP Presidential Challenger |
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- Supports increased Medicaid access. (Feb 2019)
- More consumer choice instead of single-payer. (Feb 2019)
- Tweak ObamaCare with more free market and more choices. (Oct 2016)
- Likes health savings accounts & more competition. (Jul 2016)
- Relaxed the eligibility rules for care under Medicaid. (Aug 2011)
- Vetoed cigarette-tax hike that paid for kids' health care. (Aug 2005)
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Marianne Williamson on Health Care
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| Author & Democratic Presidential Challenger |
Click here for 8 full quotes by Marianne Williamson
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- We need to talk about causes, not just symptoms. (Jul 2019)
- We have a sickness care system; we need a healthcare system. (Jun 2019)
- Vaccination should be a choice, like abortion choice. (Jun 2019)
- I support vaccines, but I understand the skepticism. (Jun 2019)
- Make Medicare for All a public option. (Apr 2019)
- Supports "Medicare-for-All model". (Apr 2019)
- Medicare-for-all plus lifestyle and nutrition support. (Apr 2019)
- Towns should set up physical activities for community health. (Apr 2019)
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Andrew Yang on Health Care
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| Democratic Presidential Challenger & Tech CEO |
Click here for 15 full quotes by Andrew Yang
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- Invest in the Mental Health Emergency Response Unit. (Mar 2021)
- We must give country a chance to recover from coronavirus. (Aug 2020)
- Would expand Medicare but not offer a public option. (Dec 2019)
- Invest in "telehealth" allowing internet access to doctors. (Dec 2019)
- Provide comprehensive mental health coverage. (Nov 2019)
- Supports forced licensing of drug patents to control costs. (Nov 2019)
- Medicare-for-All but with private insurance. (Nov 2019)
- Docs should focus on results, not procedure numbers. (Sep 2019)
- Support negotiating drug prices for Medicare outpatients. (Jul 2019)
- Aligned with "intactivists": against circumcision. (Apr 2019)
- Public option would cost less than present system. (Apr 2019)
- Advocates for a single-payer health care system. (Apr 2019)
- Single-payer system solves biggest problem of over-billing. (Apr 2019)
- Medicare-for-All establishes a basic right. (Mar 2019)
- ObamaCare is only a good first step. (Mar 2019)
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