Michael Johns Quotes

The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it.

Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed, all to pay for a new entitlement we didn't even ask for. The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it.

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

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

Al Gore may think Medicare is at a crossroads, but his plan puts it on a highway to bankruptcy.

For all their scare tactics, President Obama and Democrats have no plan whatsoever to preserve Medicare for future generations - or protect it for today's seniors and those nearing retirement. They did, however, cut Medicare by $700 billion to bankroll Obamacare.

Obamacare rewrote Medicare... so if you're going to repeal and replace Obamacare, you have to address those issues as well... What people don't realize is that Medicare is going broke, that Medicare is going to have price controls... So you have to deal with those issues if you're going to repeal and replace Obamacare.

We ought to have a platform to plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy.

All the experts agree Medicare is going to go broke.

Medicare has provided healthcare coverage for older Americans and disabled persons for 50 years, and I believe that steps must be taken to ensure that it remains an option for all Americans now and into the future.

If every American automatically has health coverage, the age at which Medicare kicks in becomes a less fraught issue. We could gradually raise the age of Medicare eligibility a bit, according to income, and save money.

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!

A Romney-Ryan administration will protect and strengthen Medicare, for my Mom's generation, for my generation, and for my kids and yours.

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.

President Obama is closing the prescription drug doughnut hole. He strengthened Medicare! He extended the life of the program by eight years. And what Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan won't admit is that their plan would require current seniors to pay, on average, $600 more each year for prescription drugs.

We don't want to get rid of Medicare in round one because we don't think it's politically smart .... But we believe it's going to wither on the vine.

We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid Programs.

Do we need Medicare reform? Yes we do.

If someone really wanted to end Medicare, they wouldn't propose a reform: they would do nothing.

Voters have figured out Republicans want to save Medicare for the long term, and they know that those who say everything's just fine with it aren't leveling with them.

As we face tough decisions in Washington, we must never forget our responsibility to protect Medicare and preserve it for future generations.

For the past two years, President Obama has promised our children the moon, stars, rainbows, unicorns and universal health care for all. But the White House Santa's cradle-to-grave entitlement mandates are a spectacularly predictable bust.

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.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

It boggles my mind that the same people who cry 'foul' about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people - elders, the poor, the disabled - who are least able to bear them.