Political Quotes

“One of the fundamental problems that I perceive, and I'm not alone in this, but in this entire scheme, if you will, that is represented by the Affordable Care Act, as it has been called, is that there was a failure to understand the very nature of American medical care. When it's at its best, and we recognize-- every colleague of mine, all of my Republican and medical colleagues have also appreciated certainly that we want to see all Americans have access to good, affordable care and to have affordable, portable health insurance. That's not in dispute. So we honor those goals. But the means by which the ACA endeavors to achieve those goals go against the grain of the American culture. Our culture is one that has always allowed us to choose, that has allowed us to pursue, in terms of our medical care, the very best that the world has to offer in terms of innovation and quality, motivation, incentive to invent and to do better. The American medical consumer, our patients, expect no less than the best, nor should they receive anything less than the best.”