[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    MORE ON REPUBLICANS AND MEDICARE

  (Mr. WISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, I could not let the last Republican speaker 
pass unchallenged who says we are really going to increase Medicare. 
Well, I guess it is sort of like Medicare, you are going to get the 
same level of services, but we are going to cut you back a significant 
percent.
  If it is going to then be increased, why it is so many senior 
citizens understand that they are going to lose on the average $900 a 
year? The real concern I have is, why is this being done?
  Is it being done to help Medicare? It is not being done to help 
Medicare. It is being done to pay for the tax cut. That is right, the 
tax cut for the wealthiest individuals in this country where 51 percent 
of the benefits of that tax cut go to those earning over $100,000. The 
only problem is, if you are going to balance the budget, you have to 
make up for the over $300 billion of lost revenue that is going to come 
because of that tax cut.
  Where does it come from? Out of the hide of Medicare, out of the hide 
of senior citizens and out of the hide of health care.


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