“Women know the financial, social and physical costs of not having access to basic health care.” KnowsCareSocialCostFinancialAccessHealth Care Author:Martha Plimpton
“I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether.” IfsThinkingKindStoriesProblemCareAmericaCostSafetyBlessedAccessReformHealth CareSafety NetHealth Care Costs Author:Abraham Verghese
“Women are half the population and they know how to take care of themselves, if they are only given access to health care.” IfsKnowsCareGivenHalfKnow HowPopulationTake CareAccessHealth Care Author:Cynthia Nixon
“I can't imagine that my children would have fewer rights, and less access to the safest, best health care.” ChildrenI CanCareRightsImagineAccessHealth CareMy ChildrenFewerImagine That Author:Cecile Richards
“There's a difference between just gaining access to a commodity as opposed to a spirit that allows us to live a life of love and justice, that when crisis and catastrophe hits you, that the biggest mansion in the world is not going to help you. If you don't have anybody who loves you, if you don't have any God who cares for you, that you're not going to have what it takes to move to the next stage in your life.” IfsWorldHelpingCareMovingSpiritNextDifferencesJusticeStageLove YouCrisisAccessCommodityCatastropheWho CaresMansionsCare For You Author:Cornel West
“Defining child care primarily as women's sphere reinforces the devaluing of women and prevents their equal access to power.” ChildrenCareEqualAccessSpheresDefiningChild Care Author:Mary Frances Berry
“I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect womens access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.” CareAbleLawDecisionProtectAccessHealth CareConsistentlyContraceptivesReproductive Health Author:Dan Maffei
“I’m not doing anything wrong, I’m not obstructing anyone’s access. When I have a crowd I make sure that the crowd makes room for people. I’m an artist who cares about the cultural fabric of New York City. I care about New York as a harbor for street culture - and I care about street culture as a base-level populist diffusion of ideas. And I believe in making those ideas accessible to everyone.” PeopleBelieveIdeasCareArtistCultureI BelieveLevelsRoomsCitiesStreetsNew YorkCrowdsI Believe InAccessNew York CityFabricI CareWho CaresHarborsPopulistDiffusion Author:Kalan Sherrard
“There are the fundamental core values of the Democratic Party, which is to work to grow the economy, to create jobs, to encourage small business, to encourage ownership, to expand access to quality health care, to enhance opportunity by making higher education more affordable to American's young people, to have our children live in safe neighborhoods, drug-free, crime-free, and a safe and clean environment, first and foremost to provide for the national defense, to protect and defend the American people, and to have accountability for our budget and for our spending.” PeopleFirstsChildrenCareJobsYoungValuesOpportunityGrowsPartyQualityEconomyEnvironmentCrimeHigherDrugProtectSafeOur ChildrenFundamentalsCleanDemocraticSpendingDefenseAccessCoreHealth CareBudgetsNeighborhoodAccountabilityOwnershipSmall BusinessDemocratic PartyAffordableHigher EducationCore ValuesNational DefenseQuality Health CareDrug Free Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those [underprivileged] kids chicken pox? For him it's not a terrible thing. We have good insurance and easy access to health care. It's a different situation for another family. I didn't want to make the decision for them.” IfsWantFeelsDifferentCareKidsEasyDecisionSituationSonTerribleAccessHealth CareChickensMy SonTerrible ThingsUnderprivilegedPoxEasy Access Author:Eula Biss
“The national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals.” CareIndividualQualityEffectsOppositesAccessDebateHealth CareImprovingObamacareShamefulDegradationQuality Care Author:Fred Upton
“Younger feminists actually care about stuff that came before them, the same way that I totally cared about and loved and felt so lucky to have access to the feminism that came before me. To have younger people take what me and my friends have done, and to say 'We have access to that, but we're going to put that through our own Internet generation filter and we're going to make it into something that speaks to us and is a lot smarter.'” PeopleWayDoneCareSpeakFeltStuffGenerationsFeminismInternetLuckyMy FriendsFeministAccessSmarterFiltersSo Lucky Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice - not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” IfsStillsCareLawPoliticalBeliefReligiousHalfPracticeCuttingRightsChangedSafePaperResourcesRateCriticalAccessHealth CareCodeMortalityDeniedChildbirthReligious BeliefPolitical WillReproductive Health Author:Hillary Clinton
“Americas health care system provides some of the finest doctors and more access to vital medications than any country in the world. And yet, our system has been faltering for many years with the increased cost of health care.” WorldYearsHas BeensCountryCareCostDoctorsAccessHealth CareFinestMedicationHealth Care SystemFaltering Author:Paul Gillmor
“Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs. All too often, innovators with good, safe, jobs are unwilling to put their family's access to health care at risk by walking away from company-backed medical insurance.” PeopleTryingCareJobsCompanyTakenRiskWalkingSafeConversationEntrepreneurAccessMedicalHealth CareConvinceValleysUnwillingInnovatorsSiliconSilicon ValleyWalking AwayMedical Insurance Author:Eric Ries
“If we dont figure out a way to create equity, real equity, of opportunity and access, to good schools, housing, health care, and decent paying jobs, were not going to survive as a productive and healthy society.” IfsWayRealCareSchoolJobsOpportunityFiguresHealthyAccessHealth CareDecentProductiveEquityHousingGood SchoolHealthy Society Author:Tim Wise
“My whole professional life has been dedicated to improving access, affordability, quality and choice of health care.” Has BeensWholeCareChoicesQualityAccessHealth CareDedicatedImprovingProfessional LifeAffordability Author:Glenn Thompson
“The sort of thinking at the time was, 'Well, we're giving you access to medical care which you wouldn't otherwise be able to get, so your payment is that we get to use you in research.'” ThinkingGivingWellsUseCareAbleResearchAccessMedicalPaymentMedical Care Author:Rebecca Skloot