Ronald Reagan Quotes

I am a supporter of Medicare for All.

I have seen the healthcare system from many angles, including as a patient.

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

I think people are by-and-large happy with the providers that they have got now. They treasure that doctor-patient relationship.

I believe in health care reform.

It took a catastrophe of socialized medicine to wake a lot of people up because it affects every single person in America, either directly or indirectly. That's when you get people's attention - when it directly affects them.

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.

Socialized medicine ... forced its way into our political vocabulary.

We must always make sure that our doctors work for their patients and not for the government

We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.

As someone who is a dedicated fan of the NHS, I'm extremely worried, I think its a very precious thing that needs to be nurtured, looked after.

I grew up with a lot of dinner table conversations about health care and ways in which the system was inadequate for the needs of many of the patients they took care of.

Let no one suppose that the words doctor and patient can disguise from the parties the fact that they are employer and employee.

You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.

The Doctor's Motto: Have patients.

America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.

Health care providers, saving lives daily in our emergency rooms, live with federal mandates.

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

I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.

Nothing is more valuable to people than health care, and by paying, they feel less like beggars and more like 'customers' who can and should demand quality care.

Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service.

People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations.

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.

The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.

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