Statements about Health Care
Says his executive order requiring young girls to be vaccinated against HPV wasn't mandatory.
The Senate-passed health care bill "is identical to the Massachusetts health care plan -- the same thing."
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
"Mr. President, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions" on health care.
“Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent.”
The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage."
"A majority of Americans still oppose this health care bill."
"We have over 300 state agencies. Forty-five of those agencies are related to health care."
The Democrats' health care bills would provide "free health care for illegal immigrants."
The House health care bill provides for "free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession."
"The No. 1 issue that the American people care about is getting America back to work."
Health care reform: "Everything about it is going to raise costs, raise taxes and lower the quality of health care."
Says Rick Perry's "Pay to Play" politics led him to send $899 million to an offshore call center in Bermuda, driving down enrollment in children's health insurance
"Sen. Hutchison abandoned Republicans and stood with Democrats to ensure health care legislation would pass quickly."
"Texas is LAST (50th) in spending for mental health care."
"President Obama has broken his pledge to the American people to be transparent throughout (health care reform negotiations)."
"In Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson ... got a $25 billion to $30 billion carve-out for Medicare Advantage patients in their state."
A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska."
Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
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