Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman, my good friend from Georgia, a family physician of note, and also one who has actually reentered the U.S. Marine Corps as a reserve physician as well. I admire him for that. Before I recognize my friend from Tennessee, also another physician, I want to point out something about Medicare that is very important for everyone to think about. Medicare was started in 1965 with a lot of promises, and the promises have been fulfilled to those recipients who get the benefits of Medicare. However, this big, beautiful apple, if you will, of Medicare, unbeknownst to a lot of people, has been slowly rotting and decaying from the inside financially in ways that the public can't see, in a way that is very soon going to be evident. And why? The reason is because even though folks pay their premiums into Medicare, they do not nearly cover the cost of Medicare. In fact, they only cover about one-third. The other two-thirds come from the providers themselves, and also from the taxpayers. {time} 1920 And that's all well and good. There's nobody we would rather do more for than those who are from the Greatest Generation, those who lived through the Great Depression, World War II. But the fact is, we cannot continue the same way. It will totally bankrupt the country. And therefore we have got to heal this patient and, that is, we've got to save Medicare. I want to recognize my good friend from Tennessee, also an OB GYN, one who came here in 2009, as I did.…”