Quotes

Reagan on Healthcare

“It's high time that we put health care costs under the knife and cut away the waste and inefficiency.”

June 23, 1983

“It's high time that we put health care costs under the knife and cut away the waste and inefficiency. The growth in medical costs is malignant and must be removed for the continued health of the American people.”

— Excerpted from Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association House of Delegates in Chicago, Illinois