Eve Ensler Quotes

Healthcare should be a human right and not a commodity for sale.

For me, as a mother, I am just, you know, I just can't put into words how important it is for every American, for every mother, for every person in this country, to have healthcare.

We need a cost-effective, high-quality health care system, guaranteeing health care to all of our people as a right.

All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford.

We call for healthcare as a human right through Medicare for all.

I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic health care.

One of the virtues of the NHS... it doesn't worry you about money at the moment when you're least capable of doing anything about it.

We will establish a new system that makes high-quality health care available to every American in a dignified manner and at a price he can afford.

I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough money to bring a first-class surgeon to his bedside. And I think it was out of this experience, not at the moment consciously, but through the years, I came to believe that health services ought not to have a price tag on them, and that people should be able to get whatever health services they require irrespective of their individual capacity to pay.

We had early on women having the right to vote, then women in the workforce during WWII, just going back in history, and then we had the higher education of women, and then women more fully participating in the economy and in business, the professions, education, you name the subject... but the missing link has always been: is there quality, affordable healthcare for all women, regardless of what their family situation might be?

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.

What's exciting to me is figuring out something that has eluded us for so long: How do we make sure every single person can see a doctor in this country? That's really exciting to me.

If you're sick, you should be able to see a doctor. And if you're seen, you should be able to afford the bill and your medicine without going broke. There is absolutely nothing radical about this.

The need for health care doesn't come with a party label.

No one should have to choose between taking lifesaving medicine and paying for food.

We have a moral obligation to get healthcare to people who need it.

We need to provide all areas of the country with access to high-quality medical care.

I believe that every family - it doesn't make a difference who you are or where you come from - deserves to have quality healthcare. It is a universal right. It's not the exclusive privilege of the elite and the wealthy.

No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.

When you're sick, you present your medicare card, not your credit card.

Americans want to have what members of Congress have: guaranteed health coverage.

What we should be focusing on - and finding solutions for - is ensuring that every American has health care in this country, no matter what level, no matter what age. No one should die because they can't afford health insurance. No one should go bankrupt because they can't afford it.

We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.

As progressives we believe in affordable health care for all Americans.