"I hope that the American people watching this understand how important this report is."
"Thank you so much to all of you for your testimony, and I hope that the American people watching this understand how important this report is and how essential it is to actually read the whole thing, ..."
"The one that I have introduced is Medicare for America, which ensures universal, affordable, high quality health care coverage by building both on Medicare and Medicaid and to expand that covered bene..."
"Universal coverage needs to include long-term services and support, because we have got millions of Americans who live with disabilities and those taking care of an aging loved one."
"We ban private contracting, which has created that two-tier system of health care in America, one tier for people with health insurance and another for the wealthy who can afford to pay for their care..."
"If you live in Connecticut or Mississippi, Utah or California, everywhere an American should have comprehensive, affordable health care."
"It is not a question of if, it is a question of when our country has single-payer health care."
"Our current system costs $3.5 trillion. It is actually projected to cost $6 trillion by 2027, the most in the entire world by far."
"A single-payer system can achieve universal health care. Great."
"We could use the tremendous leverage of government power and a large marketplace... to negotiate the best prices for the American people."
"There is a clear economic case for Medicare for All."
"the American people want this, and I am ready to work to deliver it."