Originally created to serve the poorest and sickest among us, the Medicaid program has grown dramatically but still doesnt include the kind of flexibility that states need to provide better health care for the poor and disadvantaged. – Fred Upton
I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges. – Fred Upton
Prior to passage of Obamacare, Americans spoke out against the individual mandate they didnt want to change the health care they had they didnt want a 3,000-page bill that empowered 15 Washington bureaucrats to decide the future of the doctor-patient relationship. – Fred Upton
The national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals. – Fred Upton
Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle. – Jane Fonda