Harry S. Truman Quotes

Even families with health insurance are quite vulnerable to a severe economic reversal if someone gets sick.

All Hoosiers, all Americans, myself included, should never go broke in this country because you get sick or have a bad accident.

Million bucks won't see you through a major health crisis.

As an entrepreneur, I knew that if my company failed, I could always try again. So I often felt that the only real risk of true financial ruin came from the possibility of a serious illness that either exceeded my insurance plans lifetime limits, or was not covered due to rescission.

It is not good not to have health insurance; that leaves the family very vulnerable.

Millions of working, uninsured Americans go to bed every night worrying what will happen to them and their families if a major illness or injury strikes.

I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.

We can all agree that no American should lose their life savings or their home because of illness or injury and that the rising cost of health care severely burdens individuals, families and businesses.

Security is still the most important issue facing Washington state residents and millions of Americans - the security of having a job, of access to affordable health care, of a quality education, and of protecting our homeland and defending our nation.

Loving relatives and home-cooked meals are solid levees against a recession.

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.

Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care.

Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like.

If our financial industry regarded security the way the health-care sector does, I would stuff my cash in a mattress under my bed.

Do you really want to pay for surgeon’s salaries by not having low-income people not be able to afford health insurance?

Remember what Obamacare gave you. Obamacare gave you insurance but not health care. A lot of folks who were technically insured either couldn't afford the premiums or couldn't afford the copay.

Having health insurance made me feel like a real person. Up until then, it felt like I was getting away with something, and if three things went wrong, it would all fall apart.

Without health insurance, getting sick or injured could mean going bankrupt, going without needed care, or even dying needlessly.

I think Medicaid harms people.

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.

Even if I might say to myself, 'I don't need health insurance. I won't get sick,' the fact is, as human beings with mortality, we are going to get sick, and it's unpredictable when.

We need a significant amount of market stability, not for the insurance companies, but to ensure patients can get access to the care they want.

There are going to be counties across this country that won't have any insurance company providing coverage.

To effectively fight the coronavirus crisis, we have to make sure that every person has access to quality, affordable health coverage.

Too many people will die needlessly if we go back to letting people buy junk insurance or insurance that doesn't help people with diseases related to mental illness.