"Less than four cents of every health care dollar is spent on prevention and public health."
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in the Democratic Party platform >>Details
"We spend more on health care than any other country, but we're ranked 47th in life expectancy and 43rd in child mortality."
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in the Democratic Party platform >>Details
"There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth-control medication."
John McCain on Monday, July 7th, 2008 in remarks to reporters by campaign adviser Carly Fiorina in Washington, D.C. >>Details
"More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office."
Barack Obama on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa. >>Details
"We spend a staggering amount of money on health care — over $2-trillion and almost twice as much as any other country per person."
John McCain on Monday, April 28th, 2008 in a campaign stop at Miami children’s hospital >>Details
"For what we spend in just one week in Iraq, 800,000 children could get health insurance for an entire year."
Florida Consumer Action Network on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in a press conference in Tampa >>Details
Every family health insurance policy has "a $900 hidden tax" to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind. >>Details
Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance."
Barack Obama on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
"The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
John McCain and George Bush have "absolutely no plan for universal health care."
Campaign to Defend America on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance."
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 in a campaign event in Hanging Rock, Ohio. >>Details
A mailer from the Obama campaign "accurately indicates" that Hillary Clinton would "force uninsured people to buy insurance, even if they can't afford it."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio >>Details
"As has been noted by many observers, including Bill Clinton's former secretary of labor, my plan does more than anybody to reduce costs."
Barack Obama on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in Austin, Texas >>Details
Hillary Clinton "has the only health care plan that covers every American."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
"There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program."
Hillary Clinton on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone."
Mitt Romney on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"If we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the Medicare system a trillion dollars."
Barack Obama on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15-million Americans out.”
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. >>Details
"I do provide universal health care."
Barack Obama on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. >>Details
"When Sen. Edwards ran in 2004, he wasn't for universal health care. I'm glad he is now."
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas >>Details
"All of the records, as far as I know, about what we did with health care, those are already available."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 in Philadelphia >>Details
Edwards says if Congress won't pass universal health care, he'll tell Congress: "I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you."
John Edwards on Monday, November 12th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
“I had prostate cancer, five, six years ago. My chance of surviving prostate cancer, and thank God I was cured of it, in the United States, 82%. My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England, only 44% under socialized medicine.”
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 in >>Details
"With the resources it takes to execute just over three months of the Iraq war, we could fully fund the expansion of health care for needy children that Bush vetoed."
Chris Dodd on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 in >>Details
"With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program."
Joe Biden on Monday, October 15th, 2007 in >>Details
"Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'"
John McCain on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich. >>Details
"This (SCHIP) is socialized medicine. It is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. Those aren’t poor children."
Duncan Hunter on Sunday, August 5th, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa >>Details
"She stood by ground zero workers who sacrificed their health after so many sacrificed their lives and kept standing till this administration took action."
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, October 4th, 2007 in a television ad >>Details
"Hillary stood up for universal health care when almost no one else would, and kept standing till 6-million kids had coverage."
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, October 4th, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire. >>Details
"The reality is, with a $2 trillion-a-year health care budget, we're spending more on health care, nearly 17 percent of our gross domestic product, versus 3.8 percent of GDP on the entire military budget."
Mike Huckabee on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 in >>Details
"I was the first presidential candidate to lay out a specific, truly universal health care plan."
John Edwards on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in Hanover, N.H. >>Details
"There are 300,000 babies born deformed every year in this country because of women who are alcoholics while they're carrying those children to term."
Joe Biden on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in Hanover, N.H. >>Details
Obama “won health care for 150,000 people.”
Barack Obama on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 in >>Details
Half of all personal bankruptcies in America "are caused by medical bills."
Hillary Clinton on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. >>Details
"Each year, 18,000 people die in America because they don't have health care."
Hillary Clinton on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. >>Details
Her health care plan will cost $110-billion in the first year, which can be paid for with savings.
Hillary Clinton on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. >>Details
“What they will do is socialized medicine.”
Rudy Giuliani on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a comment to reporters in Tampa. >>Details
Health insurance premiums "have almost doubled ... since 2000.”
Hillary Clinton on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. >>Details
“Thirty-four percent of Hispanics don’t have any health care at all, don’t have any health insurance.”
Dennis Kucinich on Sunday, September 9th, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla. >>Details
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