Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.
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MICHAEL K. SIMPSON All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.
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ANDREW P. HARRIS Health care should be affordable for everyone.
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MICHAEL BENNET If we're going to be able to provide access to quality, affordable health care to every American...
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality he...
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BRUCE JOSTEN It offers an affordable alternative for health care.
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BILL HARRIS By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competit...
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ANNU MANGAT There are disparities in accessing quality maternity health care in most every country, and most all...
CHRISTY TURLINGTON I have used ZIP codes to figure out the customer base of a retailer. Advertisers use ZIP data to tar...
DAVID BAMBERGER Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and ...
RANDI WEINGARTEN Thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, preventive care services, including contra...
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RUSS NEWMAN Kids born into certain ZIP codes will most likely have certain educational outcomes. And we've g...
CORY BOOKER President Bush recognizes the challenges faced by those who lack health insurance and remains commit...
JUDD GREGG TARGETING POOR ZIP CODES. This is a clear and unambiguous commitment.
LAWRENCE SUMMERS We offer a vision for a brighter American future, based on goals such as affordable health care for ...
HARRY REID How do you deliver the best possible and affordable health care to maximize health?
TODD PARK There's going to be this surge in demand for care just as the supplies of certain health professions...
JEAN MOORE We cannot let the future of our children be decided by their zip codes and family incomes.
SHARAD VIVEK SAGAR No matter how the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Afforda...
JOHN HICKENLOOPER The idea that somehow you're going to tax the 'rich' enough to pay for quality health ca...
SUSAN ESTRICH Along with a livable wage, many parents are desperate for quality affordable child care.
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THOMAS R. INSEL We must screen for and treat psychological distress because it can translate into better physical he...
JOSHUA THORPE Supported by digital data, new data-driven tools, and payment policies that reward improving the qua...
TODD PARK I envision the lower level reserved for health-care services.
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FRED BROWN All Wyoming residents deserve affordable health care. Wyoming should look at other states with simil...
DAN NEAL If they do not have insurance, they pay a low fee for quality health care.
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LARRY GLASSCOCK We need more access to quality health care, not less.
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CYNTHIA ROSENGARD I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse....
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VALERIE JARRETT It brings quality health care now and into the future.
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RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
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RICK RIORDAN They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a littl...
RICK RIORDAN Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid...
RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
RICK RIORDAN Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"
He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
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