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. Ron Wyden Read Quote
It’s correct that I wanted health reform to do more to create choices and promote competition. Ron Wyden Read Quote
Under the Healthy Americans Act, you’re in charge of your health care – not your employer. If you lose your job, change jobs or just can’t find a job, your health insurance is guaranteed to stick with you. Ron Wyden Read 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. Ron Wyden Read 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. Ron Wyden Read 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. Ron Wyden Read Quote
Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American. Ron Wyden Read Quote
For Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 267,300 reserve component service men and women were called to service. Ron Wyden Read Quote
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 Read Quote