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

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

We know that Medicare is set to go bankrupt in 2024 with no action, and social security is set to be insolvent by 2037.

There was no avoiding the fact that we were going to hit our debt ceiling.

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

Since Medicare is on track to go bankrupt in 2024, the de facto Obama Medicare plan is to rob it and watch it disappear, leaving future generations without any hope of receiving benefits and today's seniors with an unpredictable future.

It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology.

When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.

The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies is medical bills.