#medicaid

We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as the programs in Medicaid, that we can actually get to a better result and do what most Americans are learning how to do, which is to do more with less. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#allow #as far as #believe #better #choice

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

The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less. ↗

— Edward G. Rendell

#community-based #covered #currently #far #home

At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills. ↗

— James Douglas

#economic #economic recession #even #greater #having

The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care. ↗

— Kent Conrad

#changes #deal #expansion #federal #federal government

I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary. ↗

— Pat Toomey

#afraid #after #budget #called #done

Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage? ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#bankrupt #entitlement #essentially #federal #federal government

One thing governors feel, Democrats and Republicans alike, is that we have a health care system that, if you're on Medicaid, you have unlimited access to health care, at unlimited levels, at no cost. No wonder it's running away. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#alike #away #care #cost #democrats