The Choose Medicare Act will let people of all ages buy…

There's no denying that if I were designing a health care system from scratch, I'd build a Medicare for All system.

— Chris Murphy

The most popular health care plan in the country is Medicare. It delivers the best care at the lowest cost - it's better than…

— Chris Murphy

If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it…

— Dick Durbin

I have always maintained that if a program is to be successful, it must... be voluntary... based on need and must not be financed…

— Thruston Ballard Morton

It is socialism. It moves the country in a direction which is not good for anyone, whether they be young or old. It charts…

— Carl Curtis

Government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare, and later with Medicaid, and government already distorts…

— Roy Blunt

What are we Democrats fighting for? We are not fighting for salvation and going to heaven. But we are fighting for Medicaid, Medicare, health…

— Charles B. Rangel

We are pushing for Medicare-for-all. That's an economic issue - it really is. And if we can work toward a fair, more-equitable system for…

— Deb Haaland

On issue after issue, the polls - and these are not snapshot polls; these are polls over a consistent period of time - show…

— Katrina vanden Heuvel

I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care

— James Q. Wilson

The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid.

— Gerald R. Ford

I am on the Health Education Labor Committee. That committee wrote the Affordable Care Act. The idea I would dismantle health care in America…

— Bernie Sanders

5: Social security will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country! 1944: The G.I. Bill will…

— Joseph Conrad

I voted to repeal the government takeover of health care that raises costs, increases taxes, spends trillions of dollars that we don't have, cuts…

— Robert Hurt

It is irresponsible to set an arbitrary cap on how much therapy a Medicare beneficiary can receive. It ignores the health needs of our…

— John Ensign