Health care costs are an issue both for the government and for our larger economy.

I want to drive down health care costs.

Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.

We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health care costs.

Costs for liability insurance are higher than costs for many procedures. There is a need to reform liability laws to stop out-of-control health care costs.