Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden (born May 3, 1949) is the senior United States Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party.
I believe the most important aspect of Medicare is not the structure of the program but the guarantee to all Americans that they will have high quality health care as they get older. Use this quote
When the Veterans Affairs Department implemented a program to provide home-based health care to veterans with multiple chronic conditions - many of the system's most expensive patients to treat - they received astounding results. Use this quote
Without Free Choice Vouchers, there is little in the health reform law that discourages employers from increasingly passing the burden of health care costs onto their employees. Use this quote
The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system. Use this quote
It is hard to miss the irony in the fact that the very same week that Republicans were publicly heralding Congressman Paul Ryan's plan to inject market forces into the American health care system, they were crafting a budget deal to strip them from the health reform law. Use this quote
It's correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition. Use this quote
I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise. Use this quote
If you like the health insurance that you have you should be able to keep it, but if you don't like the health insurance you have, you should be able to choose something else. Use this quote
I believe that whether you love your job or hate your job, get laid off or are just in-between jobs, you deserve health care that can never be taken away. Use this quote
With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform, we have an obligation to give real reform our best shot. Use this quote
