Medicare Quotes - Page 3

• But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed.

  John Shimkus

  Illinois, Kentucky, Drug

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• But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program.

  Antonio Villaraigosa

  Taken, Thinking, Issues

  "David Axelrod and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa defend President Obama's economic record". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. September 2, 2012.

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• Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are fourth-generation welfare recipients.

  Mark Skousen

  People, President, Addresses

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• Medicare is a promise we made to seniors more than four decades ago. When President Johnson signed Medicare into law, one in three seniors lived in poverty. Half of seniors had no health coverage at all.

  John Garamendi

  Senior, Law, Promise

  "The Fiscal Cliff Can’t Be Solved by Throwing Seniors Over the Cliff" by Rep. John Garamendi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 12, 2012.

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• The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more in education and infrastructure, and not raise taxes on the working middle class is by raising taxes on the super rich.

  Robert Reich

  Class, America, Long

  "Why We Must Raise Taxes on the Rich" by Robert Reich, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2011.

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• 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 and families can't afford it. We're going to see people turned down from pre-existing conditions. We're going to find the Medicare doughnut hole - a gap in coverage that's going to hurt a lot of seniors.

  Dick Durbin

  Senior, Hurt, People

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• President Obama's health care law raided Medicare in the tune of five hundred million dollars to create a new program.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Law, President, Tunes

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. August 5, 2012.

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• If you take a look at Medicare, there are things we could do, not just tort reform but truly reform the whole reimbursement system which will help in terms of reducing costs and creating the right kind of incentives for savings.

  John Hoeven

  Creating, Reform, Looks

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• Before we even consider expanding Medicare, or another program based on its rates, we must reform our Medicare payment system so that it rewards value, not volume, and doesn't disadvantage states like Minnesota that provide high-quality care in an efficient way.

  Amy Klobuchar

  Quality, Way, Reform

  "Klobuchar, Franken outline specifics on their health-care views". Interview with Cynthia Dizikes, www.minnpost.com. September 02, 2009.

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• What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

  Peter MacKay

  Military, Government, People

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• I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.

  Dave Obey

  Cutting, Pressure, Clinton

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• Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate.

  Reince Priebus

  Dirty, Issues, President

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• Obama has demonstrated no desire to make tough choices. Americans demand a more efficient, effective government, but his budget calls for more taxes and more spending. It employs deceptive accounting gimmicks but does nothing to tackle long-term entitlement problems, nothing to save Medicare or fix Social Security.

  Reince Priebus

  Government, Long, Choices

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• Since Medicare is on track to go bankrupt in 2024, the de facto Obama Medicare plan is to rob it and watch it disappear, leaving future generations without any hope of receiving benefits and today's seniors with an unpredictable future.

  Reince Priebus

  Senior, Track, Leaving

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• If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for your family, then you say 'He's a nice guy. I don't know where he came from or how long he's been here, but Charlie Rangel's the man.' That's what I'm relying on.

  Charles Rangel

  Nice, Men, Medicare And Medicaid

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• Americans count on the guaranteed benefits they paid for under Medicare.

  John B. Larson

  Benefits, Paid

  "Five Things to Know About the GOP Plan for Medicare" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 1, 2011.

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• Before Medicare, nearly half of American seniors were forced to go without coverage because insurance companies were reluctant to insure them - making the chances of having health insurance as a senior the same as getting tails on a coin flip.

  John B. Larson

  Senior, Coins, Half

  "Five Things to Know About the GOP Plan for Medicare" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 1, 2011.

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• It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard to tell someone who might be 82, that they've gotta go back to work, because their benefits are gonna be chopped. That's not gonna happen.

  Fred Upton

  People, Benefits, Might

  "Super Congress Deficit Committee Member Fred Upton: No Cuts To Social Security Benefits" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 18, 2011.

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• Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay for that. Do you want Medicare for senior citizens? I do. We have to pay for it.

  Shelley Berkley

  Senior, Kids, Citizens

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• While I support initiatives to improve quality and efficiency in Medicare, I do not believe that these efficiencies should come at the cost of patient well being.

  Shelley Berkley

  Believe, Support, Quality

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

  Michael C. Burgess

  Doctors, Firsts, Medication

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• The nominee is Mitt Romney. Paul Ryan joins Mitt Romney. The budget plan, the approach on Medicare and all of that is going to be the Romney plan. What he has is a man as his number two who understands the details of budgets, who has demonstrated a willingness to take on tough issues.

  John Sununu

  Men, Two, Numbers

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• It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology.

  John Sununu

  Technology, Years, Worry

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• The Ryan budget gets rid of Medicare in 10 years and turns it into a voucher program.

  Sheldon Whitehouse

  Years, Program, Turns

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• The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of all charitable work in churches and other private organizations: assist those who need help, and equally important, don't assist individuals who can take care of themselves.

  Mark Skousen

  Charitable Work, Organization, Important

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