Famous Quotes

"I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care."

Dianne Feinstein on Medical

More quotes about Medical

• "I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course."

  Groucho Marx on Medical

• "A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running."

  Groucho Marx on Medical

• "Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."

  Erma Bombeck on Medical

• "They certainly give very strange names to diseases."

  Plato on Medical

• "Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it."

  Erma Bombeck on Medical

More quotes by Dianne Feinstein

• "The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans."

• "'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms."

• "Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not to cover patients who have fallen ill or to compensate doctors and hospitals for their services. It is an industry that is increasingly concentrated and where Americans are paying more to receive less."

• "I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care."

• "Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put, a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation."