Patricia Ireland Quotes

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

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

Is Medicare socialism? You want to get rid of Medicare. And a lot of the people against health care do. I want to preserve it and grow it.

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

I don't know of a Democrat - whether they're a conservative, a centrist or a liberal Democrat - that doesn't think that it's important to have quality jobs that pay decent wages so that families can support themselves, so that they can have the dignity of being able to afford health care, put money aside for pension, buy a home.

You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs.

I'm committed to universal health coverage and education.

Workers want to be paid an honest, fair wage for the work they do. They want to be able to provide for their families by being justly compensated for their part in helping grow the U.S. economy. They deserve to be able to put food on the table and receive health care and other benefits.

You cannot drive a system that's going to be aiming at preventing illness if everyone is not in it. The whole gaming of health insurance and health care in America is based on that fundamental principle: insure people who aren't sick and you don't have to pay more money on them.

By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America!

I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance.

I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.

As long as we decline to allow sick, uninsured people to just lie down and die on the side of the road, everybody has to have insurance for the health care system to work sanely.

I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care.

Local government cannot resolve the health care crisis in America. Local governments cannot resolve the affordable housing problem in America.

Rich men do not lack physicians, but the poor can rarely afford good ones. We must pay special attention to them.

We are making health care a human right which, after all, is the purpose of Obamacare.

We're going to do things that are going to make this country better and reduce the cost of health care.

Health care should be a right; it should never be a privilege. We should have Medicare for all in this country.

Universal health care is, for me, the most sacred part, the most important pillar, of British citizenship.

What we believe is that health care should be a right in this country; I happen to believe that means that we should be for single-payer.

Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the minimum wage, and ensuring equal pay for equal work.

The right to protect the health and well-being of every person, of those we love, is a basic human right.