“Unfortunately, the (budget) does not . . . help Congress reform such programs as Medicaid and Medicare, which both grow at average rate of around 8 percent each year through 2015 and will continue to eat up more of the total federal budget.” YearsDoeHelpingGrowsPercentProgramRateCongressAverageReformBudgetsMedicareMedicaid Author:John Cornyn
“Full Medicare-for-all, free choice of doctor and hospital: that comes in sixty to seventy percent without even further explanation. And if you ever explained it, given all the trouble people are having qualifying and not qualifying for all these healthcare so-called insurance plans, it would go up even higher.” PeopleIfsChoicesGivenPlansTroubleHigherPercentDoctorsExplanationHospitalsHealthcareSixtySeventiesMedicareFree ChoiceQualifying Author:Ralph Nader
“We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare.” NeedsPayEducationCuttingResearchPercentMedicalWeatherSavingBudgetsSeniorFundingSavingsJust Do ItMedicareInspectorsMedical ResearchEducation Funding Author:Barack Obama
“In Pennsylvania, 38 percent of Pennsylvania seniors chose to get their Medicare from a plan called Medicare Advantage. It's their choice. Forty-seven percent of them are going to lose it under 'Obamacare' according to Medicare by 2017.” ChoicesLosesPlansPercentAdvantageSevenFortySeniorObamacareMedicarePennsylvania Author:Paul Ryan