Andrew Lansley Quotes

I don't think it's government's job to find health care for people. I think it's the individual's job to find health care.

I think most Americans understand that we deserve to have universal health care, as enjoyed by most citizens in most developed countries.

Government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare, and later with Medicaid, and government already distorts the marketplace.

I am very concerned about the fact that India as a country does not have a national health system, and I am determined to try and influence the government to really build a national health system for the country.

Keeping children alive and free of disease is not a political issue and cannot be put into a partisan box.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.

Healthcare – Control healthcare and you control the people.

I think Medicaid harms people.

The provision of healthcare in America has been a major policy issue for many decades. From the establishment of Medicare & Medicaid to the Affordable Care Act, we have struggled to find a solution for not just providing access to healthcare - but also becoming a healthier population.

People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care.

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 is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens.

I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.

There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.

When I thought about having the greatest impact with my life, I thought about all the times people lose loved ones because diseases weren't detected early enough. I thought, 'I can play a role there.'

Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we offer our services.

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.

We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society.

I think one of the most underreported and untouted benefits of the Affordable Care Act is the real investments we are finally making in this country in prevention.

Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.