Americans count on the guaranteed benefits they paid for…

My mother-in-law, Nanny, spent her working years as a bookkeeper at a medical office in Columbus, Ohio. Like so many Americans, she worked hard…

— Ann McLane Kuster

You've worked hard all your life. You've paid Medicare taxes for almost 30 years. But under the Republican plan, Medicare won't be there for…

— David Frum

The health benefits of paid sick days policies are obvious. They prevent the spread of disease. But the impact is wider. If a working…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Under the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, not one person is actually guaranteed benefits.

— Ginny Brown-Waite

There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

— Thomas Sowell

Before Medicare, nearly half of American seniors were forced to go without coverage because insurance companies were reluctant to insure them - making the…

— John B. Larson

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of…

— Antonio Villaraigosa

The real problem with big issues like Medicare is that both parties have to be brave at the same time. Every pollster will tell…

— Jim Cooper

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

Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history.

— Jim Walsh

I opposed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. I opposed the Wall Street bailout. I opposed the stimulus bill.

— Mike Pence

“Medicare rewards doctors far better for doing procedures than for assessing whether they should be done at all.”

— Edwidge Danticat

Demographically, I'm a hippie from San Francisco and I'm not culturally inclined to be sympathetic to states' rights. My cultural heritage is FDR and…

— Naomi Wolf

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for…

— Tom Coburn

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