30 Quotes by John Rother

We do have overall growth. But it's not translating into family income. The haves are getting richer and ordinary people are seeing their wage gains go to rising health-care costs.

We really need to think about four pillars for retirement. ... The first pillar is Social Security. The second is individual pensions or savings. The third is health insurance, very important. And the fourth, surprisingly, is the continued ability to earn, because many people are going to need to find some way of bringing in earnings after they pass normal retirement age, and we think that that should be more and more emphasized in terms of getting ready for that possibility.

We really need to think about four pillars for retirement.

We really believe this coverage is going to save lives.

We just wish the same kind of self-restraint could be true for the makers of brand-name drugs.

We're putting a spotlight on what manufacturers are charging, which is by far the most significant part of the price equation.

This was a program enacted as part of a very high-profile, partisan controversy, ... And the other thing is, the benefit is not what people had hoped to see.

What happened was the debate got polarized very early and the opportunity to find the middle ground was missed.

Even if we're extraordinarily successful ... at keeping the per capita costs limited, there has to be some way to finance care for that many people.