[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 71 (Thursday, June 9, 1994)]
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                   OUR SENIOR CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER

  (Mr. MILLER of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my 
concerns with the treatment of senior citizens in the Clinton health 
care plan. The senior citizens of this Nation are being forced to 
bankroll a foreseeably ineffective and costly health care package, even 
after billions of dollars in Medicare cuts. I cannot support a plan 
that lowers the quality of health care that our senior citizens 
receive.
  Through price controls and global budgeting, the Clinton plan will 
force the rationing of health care throughout the Nation. Those most 
affected by this rationing will of course be the senior citizens.
  Mr. Clinton's health care plan takes $180 billion out of the Medicare 
system and pretends that these draconian cuts will not impact quality 
of care. Nonsense. Senior citizens deserve better than what Clinton 
offers them. As the youth of America is our future, so too are the 
senior citizens, for they are the teachers who guide youth into 
greatness. We must recognize this great contribution and, as we 
commemorate the immense sacrifices made during World War II, we should 
not be saying thanks by slashing Medicare and rationing health care.

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