- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Health Quotes
Health is measured in more than numbers.
These quotes move between the personal and the civic - years spent caregiving for family, running as a way to protect mental health, and a bridge metaphor used to argue that a society's health depends on its weakest members, not its averages. See our Change Quotes for related ideas.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, my colleagues in Congress have unfairly burdened the Postal Service with a costly, unfunded mandate to pre-pay health care for retirees. No other agency or business has to pay these costs in advance - and neither should the Postal Service.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing is worth putting my health on the line. Not a camera, not a title, nothing.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Health and hygiene are a basic personal need for all.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of respect for PM Narendra Modi, as he works hard day and night and doesn't sleep more than 4 hours. So I am thinking of gifting him chewing gum, as he will chew that and will take rest and take care of his health.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel fit and well - I know that I have to look after my health, but turning 30 is no reason to start considering the end of my career.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a complete person and realised that the well-being of mental health is extremely important in achieving that.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I travel the world visiting global health programs as an ambassador for the global health organization, PSI, and sometimes the disconnect I see is truly striking: people can get cold Coca Cola, but far too infrequently malaria drugs; most own mobile phones, but don't have equal access to pre-natal care.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in a world where mental health is real. Emotional health is real, and people feel like no one cares.
- Economists
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- Nov 07, 2020
Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care, and $50 million in preventative care, is required to provide services at the same level as for any other group with the health conditions of Indigenous Australians.
- Health Services
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable problem in American health care life, which is that a significant portion of the population does not have access to quality medical care.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of me thinks that innovation, real innovation in health care delivery, needs to happen from the bottom to the top.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020