11/29/1989
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"We are not -- again, I want to repeat it -- we are not going to go down the road of nationalized health care."
"My good friend Lou, Dr. Sullivan, has said better control of fewer than 10 risk factors could prevent up to 70 percent of premature deaths."
"This is absolutely unacceptable for the United States of America, and it's got to stop."
"Reports of the demise of American medicine in my view are greatly exaggerated."