#medicare

When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America 's disabled in 1965, about half of a senior's health care spending was on doctors and the other half on hospitals. ↗

— Dennis Hastert

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One quarter of Medicare beneficiaries have five or more chronic conditions, sees an average of 13 physicians each year, and fills 50 prescriptions per year. ↗

— Clayton M. Christensen

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You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care. ↗

— Corrine Brown

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I believe the most important aspect of Medicare is not the structure of the program but the guarantee to all Americans that they will have high quality health care as they get older. ↗

— Ron Wyden

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I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care. ↗

— Ron Wyden

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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

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We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it. ↗

— Bob Inglis

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When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications. ↗

— Michael Burgess

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The Congressional Budget Office tells us that Medicare spending has increased fivefold in the past 42 years, dramatically more than all other categories of federal spending. ↗

— David Limbaugh

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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

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