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We do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount and, on the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs. ↗

— Doug Elmendorf

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Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs. ↗

— Mike Rounds

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The majority of Americans receive health insurance coverage through their employers, but with rising health care costs, many small businesses can no longer afford to provide coverage for their employees. ↗

— Jim Ryun

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Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures. ↗

— David Suzuki

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I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

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Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups. ↗

— Tom Allen

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We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

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Traditionally, Medicare's assurance has been that for the elderly and persons with disabilities that they will not be alone when confronted with the full burden of their health care costs. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

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There is no question that managed care is managed cost, and the idea is that you can save a lot of money and make health care costs less if you ration it. ↗

— Charlie Norwood

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And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it. ↗

— Barack Obama

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