"the most important thing we can do this year, I believe, is to make sure that no more gender discrimination occurs in our health insurance policies."
"We need competition, and we also need malpractice reform to deal with these problems of high suits and high malpractice premiums."
"Gender rating, preexisting conditions."
"No one, no one in the United States of America, in order to get health insurance should ever, ever be coerced into getting a sterilization."
"I apologize for being late. It was not only the traffic, but, as you can see, I'm now looking at the health care system from the wheelchair up."
"We know that health care is truly an American issue, where we need to be able to guarantee access."
"We certainly want to hear about those older women."
"I find it offensive and I find it morally repugnant."
"But these bills--the Baucus bill, for example, would cut $404 billion off Medicare with cuts in Medicare of 10 to 15 percent every year."
"Health reform is how we achieve universal access in a way that meets quality standards and also cost standards."
"For me, health care definitely is a woman's issue."