Jeff Bingaman Quotes

President-elect Trump has made very clear he wants to make good on the promises that we as a nation have made to the seniors who rely upon Medicare and certainly the lower-income Americans who rely upon Medicaid and other entitlements like Social Security, frankly, for those who receive that.

There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens to provide better care than the one that was finally passed.

I look forward to standing up and holding George Bush accountable for pushing seniors off of Medicare into HMOs.

As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors.

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

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.

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.

Obamacare is going to destroy the elderly by denying care, by even perhaps denying treatment to people who are in catastrophic circumstances.

I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.

I want to protect and preserve social security and Medicare.

We are not for cutting social welfare and are for more health care.

When former president Lyndon B. Johnson unveiled his plans for the program that would become Medicaid, he reflected on the future of public policy in the United States.

I will not rest until seniors get the cost-of-living adjustments they have earned and we lower the cost of prescription drugs.

Here in Maine, we've expanded Medicaid, put protections in place for seniors and people with pre-existing conditions, cracked down on big drug companies and protected reproductive rights.

Believe me, every American, every person in this country, if I have anything to say about it, will know precisely what is going on with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, because they are beginning to appoint people who are typical right-wing Republicans who want to privatize and cut Social Security.

I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you, sir.

I think if you look at Medicare and Medicaid, the premise was that government needs to provide some assistance to people who aren't able to take care of themselves. I think we all share that goal, Republicans and Democrats. I don't think anybody's gonna go back now and say, Let's abolish, or reduce, Medicare and Medicaid. But as we confront the challenges and the responsibilities of our time - from here on - how do we serve more people or different people who are in need of financial assistance? Just forever having the government expand to address all of that seems unwise.

Does Trumpcare protect seniors and families? Does Trumpcare - is Trumpcare good for our veterans? Is there any caring in Trumpcare at all?

Everybody understands about expanding Medicaid. It's really simple.

I'll always stand up for America's seniors so they can age with dignity.

In the course of his ongoing crusade for Medicaid expansion, Ohio governor John Kasich has suggested that Ronald Reagan, Saint Peter, and God Himself all would support his plan to accept Obamacare's Medicaid expansion.

How does the GOP repeal and replace Obamacare without cutting the benefits upon which millions of Americans have come to rely?

I support Medicare for all. It is my preferred policy.

Florida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid, and we're not going to implement exchanges.

It's hard to say that Trump actually has a health care policy.