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If medicine was practiced in 1965 the way it's practiced today, there's no question that prescriptions would have been included in Medicare.

— John Podesta

When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America 's disabled in 1965, about half of a senior's health care spending was on doctors…

— Dennis Hastert

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

You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care.

— Corrine Brown

Everyone doesn't need Medicare. The people who can afford to pay for their healthcare should pay.

— Angela Stanton-King

Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not

— Bennie Thompson

Medicare has provided healthcare coverage for older Americans and disabled persons for 50 years, and I believe that steps must be taken to ensure…

— Seth Moulton

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

Medicare is a promise we made to seniors more than four decades ago. When President Johnson signed Medicare into law, one in three seniors…

— John Garamendi

A major driver of the cost of healthcare in the United States is a compromise that was reached with the American Medical Association in…

— Clayton Christensen

Medicare is a monopoly: a central-planning bureaucracy grafted onto American health care. It exercises a stranglehold on the health care of all Americans over…

— Virginia Postrel

From routine hospital visits and prescription drugs, to emergencies and hospice care, Medicare covers the full range of health services that our nation's seniors…

— Ann McLane Kuster