So the short answer is Medicare will be there. That's what we're fighting for. They're proposing, they being the Republicans in their budget to cut it. So no wonder these individuals. But because especially Medicare [is] essentially the health care system for the elderly. where would you turn without that? And that's what President Kennedy and President Johnson saw and why it needs not just to be protected, but to be enhanced so that people can, in their retirement, survive with dignity. (03:01–21:36)
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Asserts that Medicare serves as the primary health care system for the elderly.
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