Day Quote by Jared Polis

Despite heated political debates on the future of our health care system, there is bipartisan agreement that health IT can be a powerful tool…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

We have arrived at socialized medicine in America. I do not report this as either a good or bad event but simply as something…

— Robert J. Samuelson

During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of…

— Chellie Pingree

I have been absolutely clear where I'm coming from about health care reform. This is something this nation has to do and a robust…

— John Garamendi

What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity…

— Thomas Frank

Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed for it…

— Barack Obama

From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy…

— Angela Merkel

We need to take politics out of health care. Congress will cave to pretty much any special interest on the subject.

— Jim Cooper

I'm going to live long enough to live in an America that will assume universal health care is a basic right. That will be…

— Anna Quindlen

We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to…

— Paul Ryan

I might be in favor of national healthcare if it required all Democrats to get their heads examined.

— Ann Coulter

We're trying to take a leadership role in solving the nation's health-care crisis. We want everybody in this country to have health insurance.

— Steven Burd