Medicare

Social Security and/or Medicare “reform” along Paul Ryan-esque lines.

Medicare, the program for the elderly and disabled, lifted its ban on covering sex reassignment surgery earlier this year.

That law encourages doctors to opt out of Medicare—shrinking access to care.

“Pfizer actively supported the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit which became law in 2003,” the company notes.

In 2003, Congress and the Bush administration joined forces to create Medicare Part D—the prescription-drug benefit.

And we must make sure that every senior on Medicare can choose a health care plan that offers prescription drugs.

We increase spending next year for Social Security and Medicare and other entitlement programs by $81 billion.

Health care reform must begin with Medicare; Medicare is the binding commitment of a caring society.

My budget will commit an additional $400 billion over the next decade to reform and strengthen Medicare.

Leaders of both political parties have talked for years about strengthening Medicare.