Conservatives Quote by Fred Upton

A major part of the conservative plans to reform Medicaid turn on the assumption that states will be better able to manage the program,…

— Scott Gottlieb

The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone - in which we start to balance the budget…

— Al Franken

I don't think Democrats are ever going to get excited about cutting Medicaid to pay for tax cuts to wealthy people. I just don't…

— Claire McCaskill

Advocacy groups like Families U.S.A. imagine that once Medicaid becomes a middle-class entitlement, political pressure from middle-class workers will force politicians to address these…

— Scott Gottlieb

The central question is whether Medicare and Medicaid should remain entitlement programs guaranteeing a certain amount of care, as Democrats believe, or become defined…

— Christina Romer

What is Medicaid all about? It's staying true to the mission: to care for people historically left behind.

— Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage?

— Anonymous

The truth is that Republicans are not actually worried about accountability or giving Americans more health care options. They are not even worried about…

— Neera Tanden

I think the Republican budget priorities are messed up. I salute for the way they're attacking some of the entitlement programs, but they are…

— David Brooks

How we continue to fund Medicare and Medicaid into the future is a pressing issue of national concern.

— James T. Walsh

Believe me, every American, every person in this country, if I have anything to say about it, will know precisely what is going on…

— Bernie Sanders

For one thing, Medicaid is an inefficient if not ineffective platform for redistributing income. It doesn't get the dollars to poor people in forms…

— Scott Gottlieb