Medicare Quotes - Page 7

• I voted to repeal the government takeover of health care that raises costs, increases taxes, spends trillions of dollars that we don't have, cuts Medicare by $500 billion, and destroys jobs.

  Robert Hurt

  Jobs, Cutting, Government

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• There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens to provide better care than the one that was finally passed.

  Ronald Reagan

  Senior, Would Be, Citizens

  Presidential debate, October 28, 1980.

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• You've worked hard all your life. You've paid Medicare taxes for almost 30 years. But under the Republican plan, Medicare won't be there for you. Instead of Medicare as it exists now, under the Republican plan you'll get a voucher that will pay as little as half your Medicare costs when you turn 65—and as little as a quarter in your 80s. And all so that millionaires and billionaires can have a huge tax cut.

  David Frum

  Cutting, Years, Cost

  "The Coming Democratic Attack Barrage". www.thedailybeast.com. August 11, 2012.

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• What Donald Trump is proposing with these massive tax cuts will result in a $20 trillion additional national debt. That will have dire consequences for Social Security and Medicare.

  Hillary Clinton

  Cutting, Debt, Social

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• I don't have a problem talking about Medicare or Medicaid or some other very important issue.

  Jason Chaffetz

  Talking, Issues, Important

  "Rep. Chaffetz on voting for Ryan's budget cuts for Medicare: 'It's a totally different approach' to Obama's cuts, says Republican plan doesn't call for vouchers". "Starting Point" with Soledad O'Brien, startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com. August 17, 2012.

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• Democrats are fighting fire with fire. Our principled stance on Medicare and Social Security is absolutely no different than the Republicans' stance on no revenue increases without cuts.

  Judy Chu

  Fighting, Cutting, Fire

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• Like my colleagues, I did about 10 to 15 town hall meetings on this issue; and what I found is people came with a sincere interest to learn, a sincere interest to cut through the rhetoric and understand how this Medicare bill impacts them in their daily lives.

  Chris Chocola

  Cutting, Issues, Impact

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• If Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan get elected to the White House, Medicare will be bankrupt by the end of their first term.

  Stephanie Cutter

  White, House, Firsts

  "Obama, Romney Campaigns Trade Barbs On Medicare" By Lucia Graves, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2012.

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• President Obama, through health care reform, strengthened Medicare. How did he do that? Well, he found savings by cutting subsidies to insurance companies, ensuring we were rooting out waste and fraud, and he used those savings to put it back into Medicare.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Cutting, President, Reform

  "State of the Union with Candy Crowley", www.cnn.com. August 19, 2012.

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• There's a need to reform Medicare, but not a need to cut a half trillion dollars out of Medicare.

  Charlie Dent

  Cutting, Reform, Dollars

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• Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children.

  Steven Rattner

  Children, Thanks, Social

  "Stop Stealing From Our Kids" by Steven Rattner, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. March 14, 2013.

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• I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.

  Gary McCord

  Eye, Hands, Nerves

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• Republicans drove us into debt with two wars and the Bush tax cuts. Now they want to pay for that debt with cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. This is not only immoral it is bad economics. Why do Republicans always have money for war but not for those in need?

  Bernie Sanders

  War, Cutting, Medicare And Medicaid

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

  Bennie Thompson

  Equal, Private Sector, Coverage

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• The United States remains the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all of our people. And yet we are spending almost twice as much per capita. We have a massively dysfunctional health care system. And I do believe in a Medicare for all single-payer system, whether a small state like Vermont can lead the nation, which I certainly hope we will, or whether it's California or some other state.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Believe, California

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I happen to believe that we should move to a Medicare-for-all single-payer system, similar to what other countries around the world have.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Believe, Moving

  "Sen. Bernie Sanders on taxes, trade agreements and Islamic State". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. May 18, 2015.

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• When you're sick, you present your medicare card, not your credit card.

  Jack Layton

  Health, Sick, Cards

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• We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

  John W. Snow

  Medicare And Medicaid, Trying, President

  "Treasury Secretary Snow Optimistic on Economy". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 23, 2005.

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• 5: Social security will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country!
  1944: The G.I. Bill will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country!
  1965: Medicare will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country!
  1994: Health care will break small business, become a huge tax burden on our citizens, and bankrupt our country!

  Joseph Conrad

  Country, Citizens, Care

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• To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, less spending on everything else from education to defense, or some combination of the above.

  Ben Bernanke

  Defense, Entitlement, Social

  "Economic Challenges: Past, Present, and Future". Speech at the Dallas Regional Chamber, Dallas, Texas, www.federalreserve.gov. April 07, 2010.

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• I could never allow [tax] cuts that devastate education for our children, that pollute our environment, that end the guarantee of health care for those who are served under Medicaid, that end our duty or violate our duty to our parents through Medicare. I just couldn't do that. As long as I'm president, I'll never let it happen.

  William J. Clinton

  Children, Cutting, Long

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• Medicare is paid for by the American taxpayer. Medicare belongs to you. Medicare is for seniors, who many of them are on fixed income, to lift them out of poverty.

  John F. Kerry

  Senior, Poverty, Income

  "Bush, Kerry debate domestic policies". John F. Kerry at debate with George W. Bush Arizona State University, www.cnn.com. October 14, 2004.

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• I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you, sir.

  Allen West

  Hands, Take My Hand

  "I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare". Blogging Blue, May 20, 2011.

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• I believe we must protect Medicares guaranteed benefit, and I will oppose any effort to dismantle Medicare and turn it into a voucher system.

  Ann Kirkpatrick

  Believe, Effort, Benefits

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• My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.

  John F. Kerry

  Dad, War, Home

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