Medicare Quotes

219 Medicare quotes by 151 unique authors

A major driver of the cost of healthcare in the United States is a compromise that was reached with the American Medical Association in the… — Clayton Christensen
No one was elected to Congress because he or she promised to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. — James P. Hoffa
Government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare, and later with Medicaid, and government already distorts the… — Roy Blunt
The real problem with big issues like Medicare is that both parties have to be brave at the same time. Every pollster will tell you… — Jim Cooper
Any politician that says no tax revenue or zero spending cuts does not deserve reelection. Our hole is so deep in this country with the… — Douglas R. Oberhelman
I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That… — Barbara Mikulski
It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the costs of their prescription drugs… — Olympia Snowe
It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping… — Jim Bunning
To be sure, debates will linger about whether Medicare is too large or too small. Debates remain about the allocation of Medicare dollars. But December… — Michael Johns
The first year of the Bush administration we used up all of the surplus and ended up just with the Social Security and Medicare surplus,… — Bobby Scott
History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work. — Bennie Thompson
Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history. — Jim Walsh
You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care. — Corrine Brown
I told them I would work to strengthen and secure Medicare for generations to come, and I told them I would fight for a new… — Mike Rogers
Tens of billions of dollars could be saved in Medicare and Medicaid alone by eliminate fraud and improving patient care. Not only would this save… — Tim Murphy
Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage? — Tim Pawlenty
I favor the abolition of all Social Security, Medicare and estate taxes. In their place, we should create a simple income tax system that has… — Ari Fleischer
America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation,… — Bill Johnson
I would hope that we could have this in an adult fashion and stop demagogueing the issue anytime you talk about any substantive reforms that… — Ben Quayle
We know that Medicare is set to go bankrupt in 2024 with no action, and social security is set to be insolvent by 2037. — Joe Heck
Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept. — Nan Hayworth
I believe the most important aspect of Medicare is not the structure of the program but the guarantee to all Americans that they will have… — Ron Wyden
The Congressional Budget Office tells us that Medicare spending has increased fivefold in the past 42 years, dramatically more than all other categories of federal… — David Limbaugh
I understand that Republicans-running-against-Obamacare-in-order-to-save-Medicare is a clever jujitsu. But how long will they play out that argument before they get back to the economy? — Jennifer Granholm
Healthcare costs are rising, and not just Medicare and Medicaid, but healthcare in general. — Gwen Moore

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