Political Quotes

“There is no issue more urgent, no concern more pressing to American families than the need to reform our Nation's health care system. While there are many points on which we disagree, Democrats and many Republicans share a commitment to assure that every American has private health insurance that cannot be taken away. Nearly 40 million Americans have no health insurance, millions of others--in fact, nearly all Americans--fear losing coverage if they become seriously ill or lose their job. Many Americans have the most basic decisions of their life dominated by concerns about the cost of health care. Whether to marry. Whether to have children. Where to work. Where to live. These fundamental decisions of life should not be dictated by concerns about health insurance. But in the current system, for many Americans they are. In 1960, the United States spent $27 billion on health care. This year health care spending is expected to rise to $950 billion. Those numbers are so staggering that they bear repeating. From $27 billion a year in 1960 to $950 billion a year this year.”