..."we cannot stand idly by now, as the Nation is urged to embark on an ill-conceived adventure in government medicine, the end of which no one can see, and from which the patient is certain to be the ultimate sufferer." Rep. Durward Hall (R-MO)
"We are going on the assumption that this is not socialized medicine. Let me tell you here and now it is socialized medicine." Rep. Robert Michel (R-IL)
..."I, for one... will be one of those voting for the motion to substitute the Republican proposal and if that fails, to vote against the bill on final passage, and hope that it helps to draw attention to the horrendous tax burden that is going to be thrust upon every American and every future generation." Rep. Tim Lee Carter (R-KY)
"As one of the last country doctors... I ask my colleagues to vote to recommit... a bill which will within a few years cruelly overburden the Social Security System and the young workers with growing families, who will be forced to pay higher Social Security taxes." Sen. Milward Simpson (R-WY)
"This program could destroy private initiative for our aged to protect themselves with insurance against the cost of illness.
Presently, over 60 percent of our older citizens purchase hospital and medical insurance without Government assistance. This private effort would cease if Government benefits were given to all our older citizens." Sen. Thruston B. Morton (R-KY)
All quotes are from 1965 after the passage of Medicare
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