Medicare

“I think what's going to happen is you're, I think you're going to continue to see deregulation in areas that are benign and non-controversial. So I think the SEC the FCC, I think all of these places you'll see movement. I think you'll probably actually see a l…”

“My personal opinion is I don't think that this will have a huge effect. I think this is an excellent part of the bill. I think that the government should have authority to go and negotiate.”

“I would say it's a red line for me to touch Social Security or Medicaid or Medicare.”

“Between Medicare and the VA, which are single-payer systems, 25% of Americans right now are covered by a single-payer system”

“And that company is pouring tens of millions of dollars into lobbying to pass this bill that will make Medicare pay for it for every American who's obese. That could be 74% of people are now eligible. I think it's 1500 dollars a week. The cost of that will be …”

“If you're say on Medicare, currently the rule of the federal government is they won't pay. For these medications. You have to get diabetes before you can get the drug.”

“We've said we're not going to touch Social Security. Medicare and Medicaid. That was the president who said that.”

“One of the drug companies, Merck, said they're gonna just give us their number one drug in the world. They're gonna give it to Medicaid and Medicare for zero.”

“So, the result is Ozempic and Munjara are on Medicaid and Medicare. For a hundred and 49 dollars instead of not on it.”

“No one has ever looked at, if you're getting Medicaid and Medicare, how much money do you make? No one's ever compared the two.”

“The chance of a Medicaid patient who doesn't pay for their health care because they don't have the means to do it, the chance of them canceling their doctor's appointment is twice that of a Medicare patient.”

“It's less than 50%. Less than 50%. But most people don't do it.”

“All you need to penetrate Medicare and Medicaid is a beneficiary number. They can buy those, and you're off to the races.”

“If you're on Medicare, you don't get free dental, you don't get free vision. You do if you're an illegal immigrant in California.”