Bills Quote by Juan Williams

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies.…

— Barack Obama

The Romney-Ryan plan would replace the guarantee of Medicare with a voucher that wouldn't keep up with costs. Congressman Ryan says that he wants…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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

So you've got these regular, middle-class voters who don't hate the government as much as the Kochs do. They're Republicans, but they still want…

— Jane Mayer

Republicans spend too much time on defense. We have to be on offense. We have to point out the truth. President Obama stole seven…

— Rudy Giuliani

Of the alternatives we face in controlling long-term spending growth, moving Medicare to a voucher system seems only mildly unfortunate - and nothing as…

— Jacob Weisberg

Before Medicare, nearly half of American seniors were forced to go without coverage because insurance companies were reluctant to insure them - making the…

— John B. Larson

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

Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not

— Bennie Thompson

However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a…

— Mike Fitzpatrick

But, if you don't like your current Rx coverage or don't have any coverage to begin with, you'll now have the choice to add…

— Dennis Hastert

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

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

If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it…

— Dick Durbin

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