Political Quotes

“Dr. Fleming, thank you so very much for organizing this hour and being able to have a fireside chat with the American public about health care and what really is coming about and what actually is going on with a broken health care system. I also want to take the time to educate, to understand--have the American people understand what it is about a vibrant economy that actually helps our Medicare system. Now, I know the holidays are coming up and we're going to be discussing giving a continuation of a tax holiday for many Americans, about the thousand dollars for an individual on their FICA, on their withholding tax, and to employers; but I also want to take the time to explain to the American public that there is a cost involved here. And part of that cost when a withholding tax is taken out goes into Social Security and partly to Medicare, and part of this is particularly Medicare part A, the hospitalization act, which is the closest one to insolvency of all parts of Medicare. Now, we lost 5 years, particularly on Medicare part A, the hospitalization act, just from the years of 2010. We have yet to start looking at the disastrous parts of the economy to 2011 to be added into the insolvency. But what ends up happening is this takes a further hit in the numbers and amount of money that is actually part of the equation for our seniors in Medicare, so it's going to get worse before it gets better.…”