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- Nov 07, 2020
Seniors Quotes
Honoring the generation that came before.
Seniors quotes emphasize dignity, security, and the value of learning from older generations, echoing themes in Aging quotes. Several speakers link concern for seniors directly to policy and community support.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Dignity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generations and party lines.
- Economic Security
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
This drug coverage program was clearly designed by Republicans in Congress to serve the interests of the drug and insurance industries. America's seniors were an afterthought.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020
For all their scare tactics, President Obama and Democrats have no plan whatsoever to preserve Medicare for future generations - or protect it for today's seniors and those nearing retirement. They did, however, cut Medicare by $700 billion to bankroll Obamacare.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Pennsylvania, 38 percent of Pennsylvania seniors chose to get their Medicare from a plan called Medicare Advantage. It's their choice. Forty-seven percent of them are going to lose it under 'Obamacare' according to Medicare by 2017.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has been a top priority of Congress to reduce the drug costs of all seniors.
- Costs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alabama seniors all across the Third Congressional District continue facing high drug costs.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am proud that we worked so hard to improve seniors' lives.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020
However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage.
- Mentors
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- Nov 07, 2020
Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.
- Nov 07, 2020
In 1935, the year Social Security was created, the poverty rate for seniors was over 70%.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to save and strengthen and fix Medicare. Seniors realize Medicare is broken.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020