Medicare Quote by John Podesta

When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

— Anonymous

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

I'd never have guessed that, six years after Medicare introduced a drug benefit, it would still be forbidden to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies.…

— Timothy Noah

As a former professional patient advocate, I believe prescription drugs are an essential part of high-quality medical treatment, and I supported enactment of the…

— Sue Kelly

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

— Corrine Brown

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody…

— Ron Paul

We say to seniors, we understand how important prescription drug coverage, so prescription drugs will be an ingrinable part of the Medicare plan.

— George W. Bush

Today's literature: prescriptions written by patients.

— Karl Kraus

A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing…

— John Templeton

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

We are the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have a Medicare for All type of program, and that's an idea…

— Nina Turner