I'd never have guessed that, six years after Medicare introduced a drug benefit, it would still be forbidden to negotiate prices with… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
We like to say medicare is uniquely Canadian, but Americans have Medicare too. Even the name. I can't actually determine where the… — Robert Bothwell Copy Share Image
The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
That term was used with hyperbole about the parts of the health care bill where doctors are mandated, if people are on… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
John Conyers and I were the ones who wrote the bill that provides for Medicare for all. And, so, even though the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
Liberals are wrong to think that opposition to health reform is a rejection of big government. If health reform consisted of extending… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
We are the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right and yet we… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms… — John W. Snow Copy Share Image
In terms of Medicare, I'm in favor of sitting down and having a serious discussion about the likely impact of the Affordable… — Sander Levin Copy Share Image
You know, to listen to Senator Lieberman, Senator Kerry, Representative Gephardt, I'm anti-Israel, I'm anti-trade, I'm anti-Medicare and I'm anti-Social Security. I… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
...we cannot stand idly by now, as the Nation is urged to embark on an ill-conceived adventure in government medicine, the end… — Durward Gorham Hall Copy Share Image
As a former professional patient advocate, I believe prescription drugs are an essential part of high-quality medical treatment, and I supported enactment… — Sue Kelly Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the (budget) does not . . . help Congress reform such programs as Medicaid and Medicare, which both grow at average… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I would hope that we could have this in an adult fashion and stop demagogueing the issue anytime you talk about any… — Ben Quayle Copy Share Image
At the beginning of his administration, Obama homed right in on Medicare, which he wanted to fix by reducing the overall cost… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Ben Carson seems pretty proud that he knows how big the Medicare budget is. All that money goes to the private sector,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
People who have health insurance are benefiting in all sorts of ways that they may not be aware of, everything from no… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When Republicans say, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is reduce rates,' it would be like Democrats saying,… — Chuck Schumer Copy Share Image
If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This debt crisis coming to our country. The wall and tidal wave of debt that is befalling our nation. Medicare and Social… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Under Obamacare, doctors have been strained by costly new regulations, intricate payment 'reforms' that tie their Medicare reimbursement to complex federal reporting… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
These, look, these guys haven't been big on Medicare from the beginning. Their party's not been big on Medicare from the beginning.… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Amnesty will not help balance our budget ... In fact, a large-scale amnesty is likely to add trillions of dollars to the… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
What I am saying is, all health care has a problem with costs. Medicare is growing slower than the private insurance plans.… — Anthony Weiner Copy Share Image
It doesn't make sense. [Republicans are] not for us. You're not for my values. We're working class people mostly and blue collar.… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
So often, generalizations don't apply to Catholic voters. Catholics are concerned about the war, the economy, about issues like abortion, issues pertaining… — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor's fight against socialized medicine is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We have got to cut the spending. We have got to fix Medicare and Social Security. And actually, if we don't cut… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
The number of people with HIV receiving Medicare benefits has grown over time, reflecting growth in the size of the of the… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
If every American automatically has health coverage, the age at which Medicare kicks in becomes a less fraught issue. We could gradually… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I'm not quite sure,this is the issue that is on the minds of the American people right now, who basically want to… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Any politician that says no tax revenue or zero spending cuts does not deserve reelection. Our hole is so deep in this… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
I never need to go far if I need a reminder of how important Medicare and Social Security are to Missouri's seniors.… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for… — Mark Hyman Copy Share Image
The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
We not only heard it before 20 years ago, before George Bush in 2001 passed his tax relief, before in 2003 the… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
Despite the administration's long public information campaign, for many months polls have consistently indicated only 37 percent of those eligible for Medicare… — Mike Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image