Budget Quote by David Limbaugh

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to…

— Jim Ryun

“In the United States, 25 percent of all Medicare spending is for the 5 percent of patients who are in their final year of…

— Atul Gawande

“The soaring cost of health care has become the greatest threat to the long-term solvency of most advanced nations, and the incurable account for…

— Atul Gawande

Unfortunately, the (budget) does not . . . help Congress reform such programs as Medicaid and Medicare, which both grow at average rate of…

— John Cornyn

One quarter of Medicare beneficiaries have five or more chronic conditions, sees an average of 13 physicians each year, and fills 50 prescriptions per year.

— Anonymous

Why does Medicare have such difficulty accommodating a cut - no, wait, a trim to its annual spending increase - of two measly percentage…

— Timothy Noah

Today, Medicare provides health insurance to about 40 million seniors and disabled individuals each year. The number is only expected to grow as the…

— Jim Bunning

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

— Ron Paul

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

You can look at that by comparing Medicare's growth rates to the private insurance world, to the other Federal programs that we run, by…

— Bobby Jindal

The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in.…

— Nancy Pelosi

You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What…

— Paul Ryan