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- Nov 07, 2020
Health Care Reform Quotes
Voices from the health care reform debate
These quotes reflect the practical arguments around health care reform, concerns about cost and bill size set against real cases where reform changed a constituent's life. Our Act page covers legislation from another angle.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opponents of health care reform would take away consumer protections - siding with the insurance industry instead of the middle class. We can't afford that.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of those that have said, one of my key principles is I will not support a health care reform bill that is not deficit-neutral, period.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I support health care reform in this country, but the current bills we have before us are too big, too costly, and the people who send me to Washington to be their voice are opposed to them and this process.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe you're not going to be able to pass sweeping health care reform in your first year in Congress. But you can help someone with a social security settlement that's going to change their life... That's pretty cool.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
And there is no getting away from the fact - and this is a key point of discontent among many who are upset with the health care reform bill is it didn't go far enough. They say why isn't it in place now? Why don't I see some benefits now? All I see is the potential for losing insurance coverage, for premiums going up. That's hurting Obama.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the like, as a result of Obama's efforts - TARP, the stimulus package, and now the health care reform - there is a lot of sense this government is changing.
- Every American
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over and over again, I hear from Oregonians that we need real health care reform that provides every American with access to quality, affordable care.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever we do, it is definitely time that we reboot the health care reform attempt. It's time to completely start over.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law, as 'Obamacare.' That is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States, it is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of ideas that makes this country great. At its worst, it generated death threats and acts of violence.
- Constitution
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- Nov 07, 2020
The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty.
- Debate
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- Nov 07, 2020