#medicare

It took a little over a decade to build a coalition strong enough to beat the insurance companies, but in 1990, then Senator Tom Daschle and I passed a law regulating the private market for supplemental Medicare insurance policies. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#build #coalition #companies #daschle #decade

We not only heard it before 20 years ago, before George Bush in 2001 passed his tax relief, before in 2003 the tax relief were past, we were told they were dead. Before we provided prescription drugs for Medicare, we were told it wasn't going to happen. ↗

— Ken Mehlman

#before #bush #dead #george #george bush

I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#believe #commandment #father #feel #good

I opposed No Child Left Behind, I opposed the Medicare prescription drug bill, I opposed the Wall Street bailout. What the American people are starting to see is that Republican, Republicans on Capitol Hill get it and the Democrats, from the White House to Capitol Hill, just don't get it. ↗

— Mike Pence

#american people #bailout #behind #bill #capitol

For all their scare tactics, President Obama and Democrats have no plan whatsoever to preserve Medicare for future generations - or protect it for today's seniors and those nearing retirement. They did, however, cut Medicare by $700 billion to bankroll Obamacare. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#cut #democrats #did #future #future generations

Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physicians were trained this way, it's no wonder that the average Medicare patient has six doctors and is on five different medications. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#different #doctors #five #given #heart

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

#bankrupt #benefits #disappear #facto #future

Al Gore may think Medicare is at a crossroads, but his plan puts it on a highway to bankruptcy. ↗

— Dan Bartlett

#al gore #bankruptcy #crossroads #gore #highway

Today, Medicare provides health insurance to about 40 million seniors and disabled individuals each year. The number is only expected to grow as the baby boomers begin retiring. ↗

— Jim Bunning

#baby #baby boomers #begin #boomers #disabled

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 sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#changed #coverage #halls #however #i