Slogans such as 'Hands Off My Medicare'... will lead to Medicare's collapse.
Doing nothing is not an option. Doing nothing is unfair, particularly to those who can't afford any other options.
The status quo spells doom for every American who relies on Medicare or Medicaid for their health care.
Let me be clear: the status quo spells doom for every American who relies on Medicare or Medicaid for their health care.
Our debt does matter, despite what the President disclosed to us last week.
If we do nothing, Medicare will not be there for our children and grandchildren.
That is what this budget that is coming out tomorrow does. It honors the promise we made to people at or near retirement.
We owe them. That is what the American dream has been about.
I mean, what else are they going to have? They are not going to have anything else.
I think there are a lot of untreated and undertreated people with that condition that are heading into their Medicare years quite soon.
Absent reform--and this is a letter from the from Social Security Administration. When you retire, you get a letter.