#pa

I think if progressives stay at this, continue at the grassroots level to make the case that all Americans should have choice, all Americans ought to be able to hold insurance companies accountable, I think we will have 60 votes in the United States Senate for a strong bill. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#accountable #all americans #bill #case #choice

I voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, not because I thought it was the best we could do, but because I thought it was a whole lot better than the current system. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#affordable #because #best #better #care

I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#beneficiaries #cancer #care #cure #ensure

It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#activist #agenda #ahead #hard #ideological

It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's 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

#all americans #assure #ax #beyond #bipartisan

Let's hold insurance companies accountable the right way by making them put their whole customer base on the line. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#base #companies #customer #customer base #hold

Many health care providers, particularly physicians in rural and urban areas, are leaving the Government programs because of inadequate reimbursement rates. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#because #care #government #government programs #health

More customers for Canadian oil means that Canadian producers can charge more for their oil, which then means that American businesses and consumers will pay more for oil. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#american businesses #businesses #canadian #charge #consumers

Pay-for-procedure or fee-for-service reimbursement rewards doctors and hospitals for volume - not keeping patients healthy or being efficiency. Pay-for-Performance is clearly one tool that can change the incentives to reward quality. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#change #clearly #doctors #efficiency #healthy

Rather than waiting for future trials to determine rules that will impact every citizen, Congress should step in and write a law that takes every American's rights into consideration. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#citizen #congress #consideration #determine #every