#medicaid

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

How we continue to fund Medicare and Medicaid into the future is a pressing issue of national concern. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#continue #fund #future #how #into

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

Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#medicaid #net #new #old #poor

There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in Medicare and Medicaid that can be saved. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#generally #lot #medicaid #medicare #misuse

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

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

General revenue - what taxpayers are willing to give government, what they think is fair to give government - is not going to grow at the same amount that the federal government basically forces us to spend on Medicaid. ↗

— Rick Scott

#basically #fair #federal #federal government #forces

Originally created to serve the poorest and sickest among us, the Medicaid program has grown dramatically but still doesn't include the kind of flexibility that states need to provide better health care for the poor and disadvantaged. ↗

— Fred Upton

#among #better #care #created #disadvantaged