“On Wednesday, more than 75,000 unionized employees of Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers, walked off the job, marking the largest health care worker strike in US history.”— Samantha Delouya, cnn.com
“The idea that if women simply followed medical advice to the letter, they would avoid miscarriage, is entirely false.”— Jessica Zucker, health.com
“Models like the Polyvagal Theory suggest that we’ve got it backward. It’s the body that detects danger and initiates a defense strategy meant to help us survive. That biological strategy is called immobilization, and it manifests in the mind and the body with a set of symptoms we call depression.”— Alison Escalante M.D., psychologytoday.com
“While they're home to less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, the facilities are responsible for more than a quarter of the country's coronavirus deaths, 55,000 so far, according to government data.”— Emily Paulin, AARP, aarp.org
“It pains me to say this, but I know the emergency rooms are going to be so overwhelmed that Darien may soon not have the luxury of even a moment of silence.”— Phillip Picardi, self.com
“Look, at the end of the day, we have to make a fundamental decision in this country. Number one, is healthcare a human right, or is it not? If it is a human right, then we guarantee healthcare to every man, woman and child, regardless of income.”— Bernie Sanders, rollingstone.com
“Look, there are so many terribly important issues that this country faces, whether it’s healthcare, education, criminal justice, immigration, whatever it may be, but I don’t know how you not talk about whether or not the planet we’re leaving to our kids and our grandchildren will be a healthy and ha…”— Bernie Sanders, theintercept.com
“How many times did Senator Kennedy look to advance health care? So, you know, ultimately the, the victory, sometimes the the victory is in the fight.”— Ayanna Pressley, cbsnews.com
“We cannot do anything about the way you are being treated in your home-state, but if you can make it to Michigan, we will support you with several nights lodging, and transportation to and from your appointment.”— Shelley O'Brien, cnn.com
“There are many ideas that we will never agree on. The left and the right have different ways of approaching governance, based on contrasting philosophies. But many of the ultimate goals — economic prosperity, better healthcare and education, etc. — are the same. We just don’t share the same vision o…”— Dan Crenshaw, huffingtonpost.com
“What we want to do is we want to provide choice in all the parts of the state where people don't have choice, which is what's driving up prices.”— Mike Johnston, cpr.org
“It is a mark of shame that in the wealthiest country in the world people are dying because they can’t afford lifesaving medicine.”— Ilhan Omar, insightnews.com
“I believe that healthcare is a basic human right. And the right to healthcare extends to being able to access prescription drugs at an affordable price. Americans pay the highest prices to access drugs in the world—including three times the price of drugs in Great Britain alone. Instead of taking do…”— Ilhan Omar, insightnews.com
“When American families are barely living paycheck to paycheck, what is this administration's response? Their response is to try to take away healthcare from millions of families. Their response is to give away a trillion dollars to the biggest corporations in this country. And their response is to b…”— Kamala Harris, cnn.com
“We always keep saying ‘we’re the best, we’re the best.’ Other countries offer healthcare for their people. We don’t, so how are we the best there? We’ve got poverty all over the place and it’s the haves and the have-nots, so how are we the best there? Just because you have a military that could kick…”— Richard Ojeda, theguardian.com
“Fun story: This one time we charged two parents $18,000 for some baby formula. LOL! We pull that shit all the time. Don’t like it? Don’t bring a baby, asshole.”— Alex Baia, mcsweeneys.net
“Healthcare as a human right, it means that every child, no matter where you are born, should have access to a college or trade-school education if they so choose it, and I think no person should be homeless if we can have public structures and public policy to allow for people to have homes and food…”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, brainyquote.com