“If you think about it, candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, was running on sort of long-run economic issues, like restoring prosperity to the middle class, dealing with the perennial problem of health care in the United States. He talked a lot about the budget deficit, about the need to transition to clean energy.” IfsThinkingNeedsLongStatesProblemCareRunningEnergyUnitedClassUnited StatesIssuesEconomicMiddleCleanProsperityHealth CareBudgetsCandidatesMiddle ClassTransitionLong RunsDeficitRestoringClean EnergyEconomic IssuesBudget Deficit Author:Christina Romer
“The United States remains the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all of our people. And yet we are spending almost twice as much per capita. We have a massively dysfunctional health care system. And I do believe in a Medicare for all single-payer system, whether a small state like Vermont can lead the nation, which I certainly hope we will, or whether it's California or some other state.” PeopleBelieveCountryStatesCareEarthNationsUnitedUnited StatesMajorsRemainsSpendingHealth CareCaliforniaGuaranteesMedicareVermontHealth Care System Author:Hillary Clinton
“Today, only two groups in the United States have total immunity from lawsuits: foreign diplomats and HMOs. We believe it's time to end diplomatic immunity for HMOs. Holding them accountable is the only way to guarantee that you get the health care your family deserves.” WayBelieveTwoEndsStatesCareTodayUnitedUnited StatesGroupsDeserveHealth CareOur FamilyGuaranteesDiplomaticGuarantees ThatDiplomatsImmunityLawsuit Author:Tom Harkin
“France, like every other Western country except the United States, has long accepted the principle that comprehensive health care is the right of every citizen. No Frenchman need ever fear that catastrophic illness will wipe him out financially. How long, do you suppose, will it take us, in the United States, to catch up?” NeedsLongCountryStatesCareUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesCitizensWesternIllnessAcceptedFranceHealth CareWipeComprehensiveFrenchmen Author:Suzanne Massie
“We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the boat fiscally for the United States.” StatesCareUnitedUnited StatesMajorsBoatReformHealth CarePoundsSwampsGorillasHealth Care Reform Author:Kent Conrad
“I'm completely fascinated by the health-care debate going on in the United States, especially by posters of Obama with a little mustache drawn on his upper lip. Is that what Hitler is really known for, his health-care plan? To quote Bill Maher, "I haven't seen this many pissed-off old white people since they cancelled 'Murder She Wrote.'"” PeopleLittlesStatesCareWhiteUnitedKnownUnited StatesPlansHavensMurderBillsLipsDebateHealth CareFascinatedPostersPissed OffMustache Author:David Sedaris
“We were told that all this new high technology, all these new high-tech jobs that we were going to be creating here in the United States of America would stay here, so our people would benefit with the jobs and health care and everything else.” PeopleStatesCareJobsAmericaUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesBenefitsCreatingHealth CareUnited States Of AmericaHigh Technology Author:Tim Ryan
“I wanna end the international embarrassment of the United States of America being the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege.” PeopleWantEndsCountryStatesCareEarthAmericaUnitedUnited StatesMajorsInternationalPrivilegeHealth CareGuaranteesUnited States Of AmericaEmbarrassment Author:Bernie Sanders