Top Medicaid Quotes
The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
Edward G. Rendell
The automatic stabilizer is unemployment insurance, food stamps, additional coverage of Medicaid.
Franklin Raines
Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program.
Franklin Raines
The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care.
Kent Conrad
We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
John W. Snow
Bill Delahunt 
John W. Snow 
Franklin Raines 
John Goodman 
Edward G. Rendell 
Haley Barbour 
Max Baucus 
Kent Conrad All Medicaid Quotes
The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
Edward G. Rendell 
59% of people like this quote
The automatic stabilizer is unemployment insurance, food stamps, additional coverage of Medicaid.
Franklin Raines
58% of people like this quote
Well, there are about 10 million children that aren't covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don't get it, so we're going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program.
Franklin Raines
57% of people like this quote
The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care.
Kent Conrad
55% of people like this quote
We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
John W. Snow
55% of people like this quote
Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.
Bill Delahunt
53% of people like this quote
Tens of billions of dollars could be saved in Medicare and Medicaid alone by eliminate fraud and improving patient care. Not only would this save money, but it will save lives.
Tim Murphy
53% of people like this quote
In a system where the cost of care is hidden by taxes levied on your income, property, and business activities, it is no wonder why so many Americans rely on Medicaid to pay their long term care.
Michael Burgess
52% of people like this quote
Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike.
James T. Walsh
52% of people like this quote