Health Quotes

Before Medicare, nearly half of American seniors were forced to go without coverage because insurance companies were reluctant to insure them - making the chances of having health insurance as a senior the same as getting tails on a coin flip.

John B. Larson

It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.

Jackie Mason

Too many Americans who are uninsured or under-insured do not receive regular checkups because they can't afford coverage or their insurance doesn't cover enough of the costs. The lack of preventive care results in countless emergency room visits and ...

Jeff Merkley

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.

Jeff Merkley

Imagine if Congress always put the interests of polluters ahead of the health of our families. Our rivers and lakes would be choked with sewage. Acid rain would pour down from smog-filled skies. Hundreds of thousands more of our neighbors, friends, a...

Jeff Merkley

Decades of scientific research has proven that carbon pollution is harmful to human health and causes global warming.

Jeff Merkley

I ran for Congress in 1996 to help Ted Kennedy pass a comprehensive health insurance reform bill.

Jim McGovern

I believe in health care reform.

Joe Manchin

We should all have the legal right to purchase health insurance from any insurance company in any state, and we should be able use that insurance wherever we live. Health insurance should be portable.

John Mackey

Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

John Mica

One in seven Americans lives without health insurance, and that's a truly staggering figure.

John M. McHugh

The study also included the disturbing revelation that most of the troops who reported having mental health problems also reported that they did not seek or did not receive care for their problems.

John M. McHugh

We are particularly interested in the mental health programs and policies that support our troops and their families before, during, and after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

John M. McHugh

In the case of maternal health care, you look at, well naturally, it's the mother who's the customer, who makes the decisions. But in truth, the mother in many areas, in certain parts of India, the mother has very little decision-making power at all....

Jacqueline Novogratz

It is critical that we pass legislation to dramatically reform our health insurance system, and this reform should include a genuine public option, universal coverage, an end to insurance policy rescissions, and no restrictions against covering peopl...

Jerrold Nadler

Let's drive the message home: we need health insurance reform, we need a strong public option, and we won't settle for less.

Jerrold Nadler

If Obama wanted to make radical changes to America's health long-term, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt.

Jamie Oliver

There are a lot of things we as individuals can't do much about. We can't solve global warming as individuals, or health care problems, but as individuals, most of us can get our kids reading. We can do that.

James Patterson

In the beginning when I sat next to Tom Brokaw on the 'Today' show, the stories I was interested in were those having to do with women and children and learning and health. In those days, 25 to 30 years ago, that was called soft news, and not in a ni...

Jane Pauley

Pizza certainly has its place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation's efforts to support children's health and their ability to learn because of better school nutrition.

Jared Polis

Head Start has been a key component of health, nutrition and early learning opportunities since the 1960s.

J. B. Pritzker