Afford Quote by John Edwards

We're not going to have Medicare for all.if we at least we can take a step in that direction by giving people 50 -…

— Dennis Kucinich

If every American automatically has health coverage, the age at which Medicare kicks in becomes a less fraught issue. We could gradually raise the…

— Joe Klein

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

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

John Conyers and I were the ones who wrote the bill that provides for Medicare for all. And, so, even though the single-payer plan…

— Barack Obama

We do not need to end Medicare. We don't need to throw people who are younger than 55 years old to the wolves which…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

[Several candidates talked of problems with the federal Medicare system, particularly concerns about whether it would cover prescription drug costs in the future.] We're…

— John McCain

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

— Angela Stanton-King

If you're 54 or 55, you might want to listen because this will affect you. The idea, which was originally presented by Congressman Ryan,…

— Barack Obama

There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to…

— Ronald Reagan

We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've…

— Paul Ryan

The Medicare program is a great promise we've made to our seniors. But if you start expanding that out to everybody else, you're going…

— Alex Azar