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title: "7 Preventive care Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Preventive care quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Preventive care sayings and thoughts."
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> [We've been paying for 100 percent of preventive care. But if you're not getting annual physicals, then you're not going to gain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/we-ve-been-paying-for-100-percent-of-preventive-care-but-if-you-re/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/steven-burd-36348_annual_we-ve-been-paying-for-100-percent-of-pre_108998.jpg)

> [Each and every day health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to our constituents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-schakowsky/each-and-every-day-health-centers-provide-high-quality-primary-and/)

[Jan Schakowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-schakowsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/jan-schakowsky-3618_care_each-and-every-day-health-centers-provid_617081.png)

> [Thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, preventive care services, including contraception, will be covered by private insurance plans without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-fluke/thanks-to-the-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-preventive/)

[Sandra Fluke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-fluke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/sandra-fluke-30780_act_thanks-to-the-patient-protection-and-aff_1219688.jpg)

> [You have to pay attention to who you are. You need to know your family history as well as you can. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cokie-roberts/you-have-to-pay-attention-to-who-you-are-you-need-to-know-your-family/)

[Cokie Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cokie-roberts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/cokie-roberts-27173_attention_you-have-to-pay-attention-to-who-you-are_1940326.jpg)

> [Money spent on vegetative patients is money not spent on preventive care, such as flu shots and mammograms. Each night in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/money-spent-on-vegetative-patients-is-money-not-spent-on-preventive/)

[Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/jacob-m-appel-13412_bed_money-spent-on-vegetative-patients-is-mo_1952001.jpg)

> [Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/irregular-contact-with-doctors-means-many-men-fail-to-receive-any/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/anonymous-1_care_irregular-contact-with-doctors-means-man_2800417.jpg)

> [It doesn't take a brain surgeon... or a cardiologist... or a pediatrician... or even a policy wonk to figure out that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-murkoff/it-doesn-t-take-a-brain-surgeon-or-a-cardiologist-or-a-pediatrician/)

[Heidi Murkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-murkoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/heidi-murkoff-34492_brain_it-doesn-t-take-a-brain-surgeon-or-a-car_2973244.jpg)

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