How many republicans voted for social security and medicare? /nt

[still_one]

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Summary of Party Affiliation on Medicare Vote

Summary of Party Affiliation on Medicare Vote

http://www.ssa.gov/history/tally65.html


SENATE YEA NAY NOT VOTING



Democrats 57 7 4



Republicans 13 17 2



HOUSE YEA NAY NOT VOTING



Democrats 237 48 8



Republicans 70 68 2

[still_one]

3. Wow, you are good, thanks /nt

[Frances]

2. I'll be interested in the answer

I don't think LBJ could have pushed Medicare through Congress if he had been President after Reagan because Reagan had persuaded the majority of voters that government could not be trusted. The Republicans were able to take the public option out of this health care bill because so many people are still under the misconception that corporations care more about them than the governemnt. One other thing LBJ had going for him was that there was no Fox news then.

[still_one]

4. Interesting, however I don't believe any of those people who believed reagan would give up their

MediCare

[Frances]

6. Many people on Medicare

either do not understand that Medicare is a government program (hard to believe, but true) OR they don't understand that the government spends more on the average Medicare patient than the patient put into the system.

I think it is greedy and selfish on the part of my fellow Medicare recipients not to want other people to have what they have.

[lib_wit_it]

8. The truth has a liberal bias and vice versa.

[BlueCaliDem]

5. And another LBJ had going, he had 68 Democratic Senators. eom

[Cerridwen]

7. Here's the link for the tally for the original SSA - 1935

http://www.ssa.gov/history/tally.html