"What a disservice to our veterans. I mean they are trapped."
"The American people are not going to tolerate doubling their taxes."
"Our contract is always with the patient. It is not with the hospital, it is not with the government."
"The expectation is that in a single-payer, government-run system, where there is no--you just take--you know, you become a price-taker."
"we should look at ways to help our states put together the programs, and let it work on a more local level"
"There is something working in America's health care system that Americans are living longer because of improved health outcomes."
"People don't take kindly to you changing their employer-sponsored health insurance."
"Today we should be focusing on parts of health insurance--the insurance market that are working for Americans."
"As a physician, I do not believe that the government should interfere or hinder a doctor's ability to act in the best interest of his or her patient."
"But this plan will lead to a massive tax increase. It will eliminate private insurance. And it will accelerate the pending bankruptcy in the already dwindling Medicare Trust Fund."
"Quite simply, the success of the employer-sponsored insurance market is not worth wiping out with single-payer health care."