It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal with our Nation's number one public health problem.

I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters including those who like and trust him that he has been ineffective.

Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility a trait not easily associated with him.

You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

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

People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.