Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship.


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I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.
RON SILVER
Now in the 1980s, I happened to notice that if you look at an aerial photograph of an African villag...
RON EGLASH
I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the ...
RON EGLASH
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregna...
RON FOURNIER
When you first meet an investor, you've got to be able to say in one compelling sentence - that ...
RON CONWAY
Facebook is becoming the web. Everything you need is there... it is the universe.
RON CONWAY
Cities like New York have already followed San Francisco and have started similar organizations like...
RON CONWAY
I started sfCiti because I believed that technology companies needed to take a 'One City' ap...
RON CONWAY
I couldn't care less who is mad at me as long as the entrepreneur comes out ahead.
RON CONWAY
I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are bu...
RON CONWAY
All the biggest companies are based on a founder who had a need, hacked it together, and said, '...
RON CONWAY
Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone li...
RON CONWAY
The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companie...
RON CONWAY
Social media is here to stay, and the social phenomenon that is bringing this about is consumers'...
RON CONWAY
As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is impo...
RON CONWAY
Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of...
RON CONWAY
I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skept...
RON CONWAY
Technology does more than delight, entertain and make our lives more convenient, it's also an ag...
RON CONWAY
By welcoming eager, talented workers, we expand America's potential for growth, and our competit...
RON CONWAY
I am most proud of what sfCiti has accomplished with the 'Circle the Schools' program, which...
RON CONWAY
You can't learn to be ambitious and driven.
RON CONWAY
Pinterest is offering consumers a way to discover things on the web, in a serendipitous way, with a ...
RON CONWAY
Anytime is a good time to start a company.
RON CONWAY