Quotes about Insurance Companies

Here in America we so are for family values, yet insurance companies do not cover all fertility procedures. Votes: 4

What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies. Votes: 4

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned. Votes: 4

President Obama, through health care reform, strengthened Medicare. How did he do that? Well, he found savings by cutting subsidies to insurance companies, ensuring we were rooting out waste and fraud, and he used those savings to put it back into Medicare. Votes: 4

Insurance companies don't make anything. Votes: 2

Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies. Votes: 2

You know we're going to control the insurance companies. Votes: 2

We took the insurance companies out of the driver's seat. Votes: 2

I'm no fan of what I've seen health insurance companies do. Votes: 2

There should be no private health insurance companies operating for profit. Votes: 2

People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons. Votes: 2

People being forced to get health care and the insurance companies making millions. Votes: 2

We have to do a better job of putting some rules on the insurance companies. Votes: 2

It's very easy for trusted companies to mislead naive customers, and life insurance companies are trusted. Votes: 2

I don't want anybody between a doctor and a patient - not an insurance company bureaucrat or a Washington bureaucrat. Votes: 2

Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know. Votes: 2

Obama is telling the insurance companies, as a dictator would, what they can and can't do or what they must or must not do. Votes: 2

If insurance companies paid for lifestyle-management classes, they would save huge sums of money. We need to see that alternative medicine is now mainstream. Votes: 2

The first American insurance company was the Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire, founded in Charles Town in South Carolina, in 1735. Votes: 2

Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies. Votes: 2

I would like to promote the concept of a partnership of insurance companies, physicians and hospitals in deploying a basic framework for an electronic medical records system that is affordable. Votes: 2

Value added" is a meaningless concept for a retail business , for a bank, for a life insurance company, and for any other business which is not primarily engaged in manufacturing. Votes: 2

The real problem with Obamacare has little to do with the number of people signing up, and a lot to do with the restrictions on insurance companies and reimbursement rates to doctors. Votes: 2

Life insurance became popular only when insurance companies stopped emphasizing it as a good investment and sold it instead as a symbolic commitment by fathers to the future well-being of their families. Votes: 2

What kind of bank gives back 65 percent-often less-of what you deposit? Indeed, when you compare the services of a bank and an insurance company, common sense suggests something is out of whack. Votes: 2

When President Obama passed health care reform, it was personal! And when Governor Romney says he would repeal Obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that's personal too. Votes: 2

[On gender-rating by insurance companies:] They say the reason they get to charge more is we have children. I would say having children is a socially useful act. Being female is not a preexisting condition. Votes: 2

Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies to women than to men. As women continue to draw on experience and education, they're accelerating their numbers in upper management, too. Votes: 2

Women tend to need the healthcare system more because we bear children. Insurance companies - not all of them, but many of them - 'gender-rate.' Women may pay 40% more for their health insurance than men do. Votes: 2

It took a little over a decade to build a coalition strong enough to beat the insurance companies, but in 1990, then Senator Tom Daschle and I passed a law regulating the private market for supplemental Medicare insurance policies. Votes: 2

You don't train someone for all of those years of medical school and residency, particularly people who want to help others optimize their physical and psychological health, and then have them run a claims-processing operation for insurance companies. Votes: 2

Some said he couldn't take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save lives, save Medicare and ensure no one goes broke just because they get sick. Votes: 2

And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan. Votes: 2

...The asbestos industry...has for decades successfully suppressed and manipulated information on the carcinogenicity and other hazards of asbestos. Involved in this conspiracy network were senior industry executives, their medical staff, attorneys, insurance companies, trade associations, scientific consultants, and commercial labs. Votes: 2

Before Medicare, nearly half of American seniors were forced to go without coverage because insurance companies were reluctant to insure them - making the chances of having health insurance as a senior the same as getting tails on a coin flip. Votes: 2

I believe strongly that the opportunity is here for us in America to finally have a healthcare system that we can really be proud of. But it's got to be one where everybody is involved. Everybody: consumers, employers, providers, health-insurance companies, everybody. Votes: 2

The 'find it, fix it 'model of medicine doesn't work any more. The U.S. healthcare system is bankrupting the country, bankrolling the insurance companies and exhausting healthcare staff. And despite all that, we are ranked 50th in the world for life expectancy. Votes: 2

And I'll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we're done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of - because we have a preexisting condition. Votes: 2

I have taken on virtually every element of the big money establishment, whether it's the Koch brothers, and the big energy companies, whether it's the industrial complex, whether it's Wall Street. I have taken on the drug companies. I have taken on the insurance companies. Votes: 2

The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers.. but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice! Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees, who will start ripping off the billions of dollars available in new contracts. Every single one of these stories is going to be a big one. Votes: 2

Disasters redistribute money from taxpayers to construction workers, from insurance companies to homeowners, and even from those who once lived in the destroyed city to those who replace them. It's remarkable that this redistribution can happen so smoothly and quickly, with devastated regions reinventing themselves in a matter of months. Votes: 2

I always knew I wanted to be a performer, and my mother started taking me to dance classes when I was five. My mother is a teacher, my father works at an insurance company. When I said I wanted to be a performer, people went, "Yeah, right." You don't do that where I come from. Votes: 2

I think doctors are really suffering now. They're suffering in the sense that they feel torn between serving their patients in the best way they can and dealing with all of requirements of the insurance companies and the HMOs and the hassles and the paper work and the increasing pressures to do less and less for their patients. Votes: 2

If you work at an insurance company that sells premiums you wouldn't even sell to your mother, how happy would you feel to work there? It's going to eat you up. It might last a few years, but it doesn't attract the best people, and it certainly doesn't create the energy and engagement you need to be a long-term performing company. Votes: 2

Private insurance companies in America are reaping huge profits. Votes: 0

People like Congress more than their health insurance companies. Votes: 0

Black-and-white photos tell the truth. That's why insurance companies use them. Votes: 0

I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies. Votes: 0

Insurance companies want to make sure that you stay on your medicine. Votes: 0

Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. Votes: 0

Insurance companies sell what might happen tomorrow. Historians sell what certainly happened yesterday. Votes: 0

Free financial advice: buy life insurance for Saakashvili from US and UK insurance companies. Votes: 0

The only people who become wealthy by being concerned with the future are insurance companies. Votes: 0

Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like. Votes: 0

Let's hold insurance companies accountable the right way by making them put their whole customer base on the line. Votes: 0

Insurance companies, drug companies are going to have to be ponying up, partly because right now they're receiving huge subsidies. Votes: 0

Insurance companies pay big bucks for procedures but next to nothing for patient consultations and preventive medicine, which is what most medicine is. Votes: 0

When I took on the drug companies and the insurance companies for universal health care coverage, they went after me with a vengeance. Votes: 0

Let's fix what's broken about Obamacare, but let's not throw it away and give it all back to the insurance companies and the drug companies. Votes: 0

I really have a lot of stuff in my head; if only there were insurance companies for that as there are for so many things. Votes: 0

In most of the USA, the three largest health insurance companies in each state control 80 percent of the market. No wonder premiums are going up. Votes: 0

Good presidents, people like George Bush, they SEND people to war. They don't bring them a rescue. This is America. We rescue insurance companies and banks. Votes: 0

Discussions of health care in the U.S. usually focus on insurance companies, but, whatever their problems, they're not the main driver of health-care inflation: providers are. Votes: 0

Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such treatments in earnest. Votes: 0

Insurance companies don't necessarily want to invest in your wellnes because you're likely to switch insurance companies within 10 years. They don't benefit from their investment in you. Votes: 0

The life insurance industry is filled with good people who believe in their work and their companies, but who may never have challenged the assumptions underlying their efforts. Votes: 0

The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance. Votes: 0

Residents of my district continue to stress to me that they want health care decisions to be made by patients and doctors, not by the government and insurance companies. Votes: 0

Why should insurance companies continue to get away with limiting the skills that a health profession has always previously required of its members if they were to be considered fully trained? Votes: 0

Well, my view is that the insurance companies have done awfully well and spent a lot of money on a lot of things that don't have anything to do with health care. Votes: 0

The insurance companies do not refer to the key policy rate when they send their statements. We can only control that rate. Long-term interest rates are determined largely by global financial markets. Votes: 0

The global financial system consists of firms in the financial services sector - banks, hedge funds, insurance companies and the like - and various governmental agencies who are charged with regulating these firms. Votes: 0

RelayRides and WhipCar, AirBnB, Roomorama and One Fine Stay are all stellar examples of how new, access-based offers entice and provoke insurance companies and banks to re-think risk, value, customers and deal terms. Votes: 0

Today more than 20,000 communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. More than 90 insurance companies sell and service flood service insurance. There are more than four million policies covering the total of $800 billion. Votes: 0

I worked with President Obama on the Affordable Care Act and getting health coverage to all Americans. It was my legislation that said insurance companies can no longer deny coverage for kids with preexisting conditions. Votes: 0

The insurance companies aren't covering that. Should Monsanto be liable for these losses? Should the state government? Who's going to cover the losses? The fact is, here's an industry with no long-term liability in place. Votes: 0