Medicare Quotes

• Medicare will usher in federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have know it in this country.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Program, Areas

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• All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and his working methods, determine his employment. From here it's a short step to all the rest of socialism, to determining his pay....He will wait for the government to tell him where he will go to work and what he will do.

  Ronald Reagan

  Men, Waiting, Pay

  Radio Address on Socialized Medicine, recorded circa 1961

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• Having a delivery covered by Medicare just isn't going to fly. It's too risky for a woman to put a baby down and not remember where she left it.

  Erma Bombeck

  Baby, Down And, Remember

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• When I got to the hospice I was under the impression it would be a two- or three-week stay. But here I still am, six weeks later, and I've gotten so well Medicare won't pay for me anymore.

  Art Buchwald

  Health, Two, Would Be

  "The Man Who Would Not Die". "Having a High Time Where You'd Least Expect It" by Art Buchwald, www.washingtonpost.com. March 7, 2006.

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• We call for healthcare as a human right through Medicare for all.

  Jill Stein

  Healthcare, Humans

  Source: www.justicenewsnetwork.com

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• These are the now-endangered markers of a civilized society: legally ordained minimum wages, child labor laws, workers safety and compensation laws, pure foods and safe drugs, Social Security, Medicare and rules that promote competitive markets over monopolies and cartels.

  Bill Moyers

  Children, Law, Safety

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• You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Single, Country, Believe

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• "Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free clothing, free burial, free everything? The answer might be nuns and monks, but the standard reply is 'prisoners'"

  Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

  Spiritual, Food, Jail

  Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1990). “Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot”, Gateway Books

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• The majority of Latinos in this country are 28 years old or younger. All of those people out there attacking the Latino community, when you see a Latino going down the street with a baby carriage and a couple of children walking beside them, they should say 'Hey, there goes my social security and my Medicare.' Those are the people that are going to contribute to keep our social security system funded and our medical system funded.

  Dolores Huerta

  Country, Baby, Children

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

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• Let's protect our social security and Medicare.

  Donald Trump

  Social, Protect, Security

  Donald Trump's immigration speech in Phoenix, Arizona, www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• Let us be clear about our choice. When we raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, no one dies. When we cut Social Security and Medicare, people die.

  Annabel Park

  Cutting, People, Choices

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• I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare.

  John Dingell

  Real, Thinking, Effort

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• According to The New York Times, the mob has now gotten into Medicare fraud. But the good news is, when they do break your legs there's a good chance you're covered.

  Jay Leno

  New York, News, Legs

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• Under Medicare right now, I get paid to put a pacemaker in you, but I don't get paid to counsel you about end-of-life care.

  Richard Dooling

  Care, End Of Life, Ends

  "Op-Ed: Cut Health Care Spending On The Elderly". "Talk of the Nation" with Rebecca Roberts, www.npr.org. August 17, 2009.

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• It is a $270 billion cut in medicare

  William J. Clinton

  Stupid, Humorous, Cutting

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• What I am saying is, all health care has a problem with costs. Medicare is growing slower than the private insurance plans. Why? Because of their efficiency. They don't have to give money to shareholders. Why should be defending shareholders?

  Anthony Weiner

  Money, Giving, Cost

  "Rep. Weiner Says Medicare Is Holding Down Costs Better Than Private Plans". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. November 25, 2009.

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• They are cutting medicare

  William J. Clinton

  Stupid, Humorous, Cutting

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• Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.

  Bennie Thompson

  Education, Drug, Quality

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• They are wise to the ways of Wall Street - and...getting their fair share of the loot.(:)...from who will be the head of NIH, to which honorary degree will go to whom, which congressman gets the campaign funds from AMPAC (the political arm of the AMA), and whether Medicare fees can be hiked a bit for the suffering specialist. ...(or) to nominate their favorite for a Nobel Laureate.

  Edgar Berman

  Wise, Wall, Dark

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• It doesn't make sense. [Republicans are] not for us. You're not for my values. We're working class people mostly and blue collar. We're your cops, we're your firemen, we're your carpenters and the things we need - we need to protect our unions, we need to protect our Medicare, we need to protect the working class person.

  John Leguizamo

  Blue, Class, People

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• I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by whipping up fears on some of these things - if it's a reasonable Social Security proposal, a reasonable Medicare proposal. We've got to deal with these things. You cannot have health care devour the economy.

  William J. Clinton

  Giving Up, Thinking, Political

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• I have always maintained that if a program is to be successful, it must... be voluntary... based on need and must not be financed through a payroll tax.

  Thruston Ballard Morton

  Successful, Payroll Tax, Needs

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• The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed - socialism doesn't work.

  Rand Paul

  Fundamentals, Unions, Reason Why

  "Kentucky Tonight", KET, June 16, 1998.

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• Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

  Tom Coburn

  Commitment, Promise, Social

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• Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.

  A. Philip Randolph

  Enemy, Looks, Wages

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