#medicaid

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#decade #double #entitlement #fact #federal

We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care for all, especially for the specialty care services that community health centers do not provide. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#affordable #aid program #care #centers #community

Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned. ↗

— Fred Upton

#care #coverage #different #envisioned #first

While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid. ↗

— Fred Upton

#entitlement #even #focused #future #heavily

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

— Jason Chaffetz

#i #important #important issue #issue #medicaid

Tens of billions of dollars could be saved in Medicare and Medicaid alone by eliminate fraud and improving patient care. Not only would this save money, but it will save lives. ↗

— Tim Murphy

#billions #care #could #dollars #eliminate

The automatic stabilizer is unemployment insurance, food stamps, additional coverage of Medicaid. ↗

— Franklin Raines

#automatic #coverage #food #food stamps #insurance

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

#been #came #charlie #family #got

Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#active #family #family planning #funded #get

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services. ↗

— Bill Delahunt

#both #choice #cuts #drastic #education