The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly… — Ed Rendell Copy Share Image
Trying to stretch the mission of a health program like Medicaid, as a way to launder redistributionist goals, ends up serving nobody… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Most people don't realize that two-thirds of the federal budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Pentagon. The U.S. government is… — Scott Pelley Copy Share Image
Just how important have Medicaid Expansion voters become electorally? Voters fearing the loss of medical coverage are widely credited with the Democrats… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
My children almost died during my pregnancy because doctors wouldn't take my concerns seriously, dismissing me as just another black woman on… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
We believe we can dramatically improve the way Medicaid works by giving governors more control and flexibility to innovate to make it… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Here in Maine, we've expanded Medicaid, put protections in place for seniors and people with pre-existing conditions, cracked down on big drug… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
Marriage equality - I think that it's a constitutionally guaranteed right. Let's end the drug wars. Let's balance the federal budget, and… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Medicaid protects impoverished children, the frail elderly and people in crisis, .. Its limited resources will be further stretched serving hurricane victims.… — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as… — Eric Cantor Copy Share Image
Conservatives are telling elected leaders that expansion of Medicaid comes at a moral - or more overtly, a political - price. At… — Ronnie Musgrove Copy Share Image
This legislation provides Medicaid eligibility to evacuees and residents in (Federal Emergency Management Agency) designated disaster counties, .. It also helps pay… — Thad Cochran Copy Share Image
My plan to put Social Security in an ironclad lockbox has gotten a lot of attention recently, and I'm glad about that.… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The Medicaid program has been on the books for more than 50 years. The Graham-Cassidy bill proposes a dramatic, sweeping change in… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
The central question is whether Medicare and Medicaid should remain entitlement programs guaranteeing a certain amount of care, as Democrats believe, or… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
If you like the post office and the Department of Motor Vehicles and you think they're run well, just wait till you… — Arthur Laffer Copy Share Image
Medicaid covers vitally needed medical care for millions of people in New York. Compliance with billing requirements ensures the financial integrity of… — Audrey Strauss Copy Share Image
Patients would be better off if states were able to tailor the benefits that Medicaid covers - targeting resources to sicker people… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether it's Social Security, whether it's Medicaid, whether it's Medicare. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
“Shortly after Medicare was passed, Americans were told it would cost $12 billion in 1990. Actual cost? $98 billion. Americans were also… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
No matter what federal program one selects - Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the drug war, the income tax and the IRS, education,… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care for all, especially for the specialty care… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
I have much greater faith in the governor and the state legislature to craft a Medicaid system that is going to be… — Karen Handel Copy Share Image
There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
Medicaid fills in the gaps for millions of working Americans, who may have healthcare from their jobs but need additional coverage. — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Even with all its political bells and whistles, the Obamacare plans increasingly resemble Medicaid in terms of networks and drug lists. — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
When former president Lyndon B. Johnson unveiled his plans for the program that would become Medicaid, he reflected on the future of… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
Life is hard enough. Care is hard enough. The point of Medicaid - the point of government - is to make it… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
The bottom line is, what are we doing to Obamacare? We eviscerate the law in our bill, and then we do things… — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone - in which we start to balance… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
When you take away Medicaid, you're not just taking away care, you're taking away the peace of mind that parents deserve. — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
In short order, Obamacare is evolving into a Medicaid marketplace. Not only in terms of the design and quality of the narrow-network… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it… — John Goodman Copy Share Image
We can talk about Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security. We can talk about school, we can talk about everything. Defense is… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
In a system where the cost of care is hidden by taxes levied on your income, property, and business activities, it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
General revenue - what taxpayers are willing to give government, what they think is fair to give government - is not going… — Rick Scott Copy Share Image
Medicaid expansion remained mostly unpopular right up until newly elected President Donald Trump tried to get rid of it. — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
With the Trump Administration proposing deep cuts in Medicaid that would take a toll on nursing home services, it will be absolutely… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
