Statements about Medicare
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
"Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of (Medicare’s) health care costs."
Says Mitt Romney "was director of a company that stole millions from Medicare."
"There's not one Democrat who endorses" the Romney-Ryan Medicare plan.
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would "eliminate the guarantee of Medicare."
Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."
Says Barack Obama "put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive."
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
"On Medicare for current retirees, he's cutting $716 billion from the program."
Says Illinois Democrat David Gill "would end Medicare."
Says he "will protect your guaranteed benefits" in Medicare while "Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits."
When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan attacked the president for "the same amount of Medicare savings that (Ryan) had in his own budget."
"Republicans would give seniors a (Medicare) voucher that limits what's covered, costing seniors as much as $6,400 more a year."
President Obama "funneled" $716 billion out of Medicare "at the expense of the elderly."
"In 2008, candidate Barack Obama attacked John McCain for proposing cuts to Medicare."
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan "could raise future retirees’ costs more than $6,000."
Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan "want to turn Medicare into a voucher system."
Says Barack Obama "robbed Medicare (of) $716 billion to pay for ... Obamacare."
Says Paul Ryan's budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.
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