David Obey

David Obey is a former United States Representative. Obey served in the House of Representatives for Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district from 1969 to 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior.

He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as Chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations from 1994 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2011. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Wisconsin.

Date of birth:
3rd October, 1938
"We need to be careful when we talk about cutting health care costs. They are not going to be reduced – what we really want to do is do is slow the rate of increase."
― David Obey
Topic(s): Health
"We don’t have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some health care professions, so it is very important that we get more people into the pipeline right now."
― David Obey
Topic(s): Health
"We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem."
― David Obey
Topic(s): Health
"The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut."
― David Obey
Topic(s): Health
"If you want quality service, you have to pay for it. You don’t buy into waste. I have great misgivings about the amount of advertising that we see in the health care field, some by hospitals, a lot by drug companies."
― David Obey
Topic(s): Health
"It puts the provider in a situation of looking for ways to have someone else pick up a piece of the cost. As a result, every customer who has insurance ends up paying a ‘hidden premium.’ It simply adds to the health care cost burden."
― David Obey
Topic(s): Health
"I think we have to be very careful when we toss around terms like ‘cut health care costs.’ We would do very well to expect a cut in the rate of increase."
― David Obey
Topic(s): Health
"This is a very difficult question. If you take a look at the aging population and demographics, we are going to have a big increase in the number of health care jobs needed in the state and in the country."
― David Obey
Topic(s): Health

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