Health

In todays world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. – Ron Wyden

With the loss of Free Choice Vouchers, hundreds of thousands of workers will now be forced to choose between their employers unaffordable insurance or going without health care. – Ron Wyden

Wendy Malick and Valerie Bertinelli make fun of me, but I take care of my health – I dont abuse it. – Betty White

The bottom line is, Im blessed with good health. On top of that, I dont go around thinking Oh, Im 90, I better do this or I better do that. Im just Betty. Im the same Betty that Ive always been. Take it or leave it. – Betty White

Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, lets talk about the patient. The patient doesnt need a war. – Donald Berwick

Walking is magic. Cant recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps…this is a primal way to connect with ones deeper self. – Paula Cole

Its about businesses nervous about taking on school leavers because of a mass of red tape. Its about health and safety regulations and green fines. – Nigel Farage

I dont think healthcares a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is. – Adam Carolla

My personal feeling, if I can interject a political note, is that I dont think it is right that basic health care is a privilege. It shouldnt be. It should be a right of all human beings. And certainly in the richest country in the world. – Bryan Cranston

I try to stay positive by focusing on how much Ill appreciate my health if I get better. – Daniel Johns

I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when Im at Mass. My mother always said, We do not pray to win elections. We pray for peoples health, we pray that Gods will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections. – Nancy Pelosi

Look, I hate to sound like Pollyanna, but I literally cant wait to get to work in the morning. Ive got steady jobs, Ive got my health, and Im here in the greatest city in the world. Id be a pig not to be grateful. – Christopher Meloni

As the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of former players, the risk of whats known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is becoming clear. – Jeffrey Kluger

Theres no one place a virus goes to die – but that doesnt make its demise any less a public health victory. Throughout human history, viral diseases have had their way with us, and for just as long, we have hunted them down and done our best to wipe them out. – Jeffrey Kluger

If youre going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike. – Dick Wolf

All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities… the list goes on! – Frances OGrady

Its time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. Its time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow – building a health care system that works for all Americans. – Ron Wyden

When the Veterans Affairs Department implemented a program to provide home-based health care to veterans with multiple chronic conditions – many of the systems most expensive patients to treat – they received astounding results. – Ron Wyden

It is hard to miss the irony in the fact that the very same week that Republicans were publicly heralding Congressman Paul Ryans plan to inject market forces into the American health care system, they were crafting a budget deal to strip them from the health reform law. – Ron Wyden

Its correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition. – Ron Wyden