I don't have a problem talking about Medicare or Medicaid or some other very important issue.

- Jason Chaffetz

I opposed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. I opposed the Wall Street bailout. I opposed the stimulus bill.

- Mike Pence

I'm too young for Medicare and too old for women to care.

- Kinky Friedman

Americans count on the guaranteed benefits they paid for under Medicare.

- John B. Larson

It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill.

- Jim Bunning

I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare.

- John Dingell

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

- James T. Walsh

When Obama gutted Medicare by taking $717 billion out of it, the Romney plan does not do that. The Ryan plan mimicked part of the Obama package there, the Romney plan does not. That's a big difference.

- John Sununu

We need to save and strengthen and fix Medicare. Seniors realize Medicare is broken.

- John Barrasso

We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over. That's what the American people want us to do.

- John McCain

Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not.

- Bennie Thompson

I was in Independence, Missouri when Johnson signed the Medicare bill, with Truman standing there. Truman had first proposed Medicare, but couldn't get it through.

- Helen Thomas

Healthcare costs are rising, and not just Medicare and Medicaid, but healthcare in general.

- Gwen Moore

Medicaid and Medicare both need to be devolved to the states.

- Gary Johnson

No one can reasonably deny that Medicare is headed for insolvency, and that Medicare's insolvency, if not rectified, will lead to the federal government's insolvency.

- David Limbaugh

The Romney-Ryan plan would replace the guarantee of Medicare with a voucher that wouldn't keep up with costs. Congressman Ryan says that he wants Medicare to be around for his grandkids. Well, if that's the case, he had better vote for Barack Obama!

- Debbie Wasserman Schultz

We do not need to end Medicare. We don't need to throw people who are younger than 55 years old to the wolves which is what we do.

- Debbie Wasserman Schultz

There's a need to reform Medicare, but not a need to cut a half trillion dollars out of Medicare.

- Charlie Dent

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

- Corrine Brown

I'm too young for Medicare and too old for broads to care.

- Broderick Crawford