“What, on the eternal list of priorities, precedes health? What more obvious role could government have than the defense of the life, of each citizen? We cannot stop every germ that seeks to harm us any more than we can stop every person who seeks to harm us. But we can try dammit and government's essential role in that effort facilitate it, reduce its cost, broaden its availability, improve my health and yours, seems, ultimately, self-explanatory.” TryingPersonsSelfSeemsGovernmentEffortRolesHealthCitizensCostEssentialsEternalObviousHarmDefenseListsPrioritiesGermsFacilitateAvailability Author:Keith Olbermann
“Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice your most sacred beliefs to government the instant you start a business. You have the protection of the First Amendment as an individual, you see – but the instant you start a business, you lose those protections.” FirstsGovernmentReligionPoliticsIndividualBeliefEnergyPresidentLosesWorkSacrificePolicyHealthPerspectiveConflictEthicsCapitalismSacredHuman RightsProtectionIdeologyInstantAlliesRegimesAmendmentsConsumerismFirst Amendment Author:Bobby Jindal
“It is a law of nature that everything run by the government will get more expensive and worse over time. Everything run by the private sector will get better and cheaper over time. The fact that [Obamacare] starts this badly does not bode well....We want healthcare run on the same system that gave us cell phones, flat screens, Jerry Garcia chia pets. Everything you submit to the free market...keeps getting better and better.” WantWellsDoeFactsRealityGovernmentRunningLawPoliticalPoliticsMoneyPartyHistoryTechnologyDemocracyHuman NatureHealthCapitalismPhonesScreensIdeologyCellsGet BetterExpensivePetFlatsHealthcareSubmitConsumerismPolitical PartiesFree MarketLaws Of NatureCell PhoneObamacareCheaperPrivate SectorJerry Author:Ann Coulter
“Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We're not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we're not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can't do that.” WorldRealFactsRealityGovernmentPoliticalHousePoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipMoneyPartyPolicyHealthOughtConstitutionStrategyCongressIdeologyFundReal WorldPortionsPolitical PartiesTacticsCivilityObamacarePolitical PowerPartisanshipTactics And Strategy Author:Tom Coburn
“The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy that grows, that creates jobs, that generates the money to ensure a properly funded and improving National Health Service ... and a government that will cut taxes for 30 million hard-working people ... or you can choose the economic chaos of Ed Miliband's Britain.” PeopleHardGovernmentJobsNextGrowsPartyLeaderMillionsEconomyCuttingDoorsEconomicHealthHard WorkWalkingTaxesChaosMinistersBritainLabourPrimeImprovingPrime MinisterLabour PartyHealth ServicesNhs Author:David Cameron
“Look, we understood we couldn't make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue for the Nixon White House that we couldn't resist it.” LooksStatesProblemGovernmentAmericaYoungHouseBlackWhitePerfectPleasurePoorUnitedCommonUnited StatesIssuesSocietyCrimeHealthDrugUnderstoodResistanceUsaIllegalWhite HouseBlack PeopleBe YoungHealth Problems Author:John Ehrlichman
“Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items. We individuals will no longer exist. The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever.” WholeGovernmentCareIndividualForeverHealthCitizensFolksMedicalHealth CareBudgetsSchemesItemsExpendituresInsidious Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.” BelieveGovernmentCareSchoolQualityHealthIndependenceHealth CareInvolvementGood SchoolNew RoadsGovernment Involvement Author:Rick Perry
“There is a consensus of willing leaders from both parties coalescing around the right way forward in health care. Reform should address government-imposed inequities and barriers to true choice and competition.” WayShouldGovernmentCareChoicesPartyLeaderWillingHealthCompetitionReformHealth CareAddressesBarriersRight WayConsensusWay ForwardHealth Care Reform Author:Paul Ryan
“We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantGovernmentCareHealthListeningTownsMeetingsHealth CareEngagedHallsSubmitRepresentativesConstituentsTakeoversGovernment Takeover Author:Paul Ryan
“When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We are divided. The result is a divide and conquer scenario, in which we negotiate as adversaries, first with government and then with one another about our relative worth, while the "conqueror" observes and continues to rule.” FirstsGovernmentCareResultsCommonHealthMajorsConcernConquerHealth CareBarriersDividedDividesRelativeThreadPhysiciansAdversariesScenariosConquerorDivide And ConquerCommon Threads Author:Brian Day
“Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously they are taking this crisis by taking immediate action to provide four million extra health workers and to grant those in need access to affordable medicines.” NeedsMeanCountryShowsGovernmentActionPoorDealsMillionsFourHealthCrisisMedicineWorkersAccessExtrasGrantsAffordableUnprecedentedPoor CountriesThose In NeedImmediate ActionHealth Workers Author:Annie Lennox
“World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action. It is an occasion to call on all partners - governments, international donors, civil society, the private sector, the media, families and individuals alike - to develop sustainable activities for the survival, health and well-being of mothers and children. On this World Health Day, let us rededicate ourselves to that mission.” WorldWellsChildrenProblemGovernmentActionMotherOpportunityIndividualMediaThis WorldHealthActivitySurvivalInternationalMissionsPartnersOccasionsWell BeingPrivate SectorHighlightsCivil SocietyDonorsMother And ChildWorld Health Author:Kofi Annan
“Demand that your government pays more attention. It's immoral that people in Africa die like flies of diseases that no one dies of in the United States. And the more disease there is, the more political unrest there will be, leading to more Darfurs, which the U.S. will have to pay to fix.” PeopleStatesGovernmentPoliticalDiesUnitedPayAttentionUnited StatesHealthDemandDiseaseImmoralUnrestWorld HealthDarfurGlobal Health Author:William J. Clinton
“The USA government seems to have conveniently forgotten that its disability system is an insurance program to award disability benefits to ALL people that can no longer be employed due to their long term sickness.” GovernmentWorkHealthDiseaseSickUsaDisabilityInsuranceBenefitEmploy Author:Steven Magee
“It is generally found in health, safety, fraud, and harassment scandals that many people were aware of the abuses but stayed silent and did nothing.” GovernmentSilenceHealthAbuseSafetyOshaFraudScandalHarassmentFda Author:Steven Magee
“If you really want to know what is going on with human health, you should never ask the corrupt corporate controlled government.” GovernmentHealthHumanCancerCorporateControlledKnowNeverCorruptAsk Author:Steven Magee
“The leading research in the adverse human health effects of electromagnetic radiation is not being done by well funded governments or corporations, it is coming from a few self funded independent researchers.” SelfGovernmentEffectsHealthHumanResearchCorporationsRadiationLeadElectromagneticResearchersAdverseGovernment CorruptionWellResearch And DevelopmentLeadingGovernment AbuseFewGovernment Cover UpsComingRadiation EffectsElectromagnetic RadiationElectromagnetismElectromagnetic WaveElectromagnetic Theory Of LightFundedIndependant Author:Steven Magee
“Failing to adapt to a growing mental health crisis is how the government will be remembered by future generations.” GovernmentGrowingFailingGenerationsHealthFutureCrisisRememberedMentalAdapt Author:Steven Magee