[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      WE ARE NOT CUTTING MEDICARE

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I feel compelled to respond to 
the allegations that this budget cuts Medicare and cuts Medicaid; that 
just is not true. Just look at the budget, and look at the figures in 
the budget. Today every Medicare recipient, the average across the 
country, gets $4,700. At the end of this budget process that will have 
risen to $6,300. That is not a cut.
  What we are going to do is to preserve the Medicare system. It is now 
doomed unless one does something about it going bankrupt by 2002. We 
are not cutting Medicare. It will increase from $4,700 to $6,300 per 
every recipient; that is not a cut.
  Let me say it again: When you go from $4,700 to $6,300, that's not a 
cut.
  Please be productive. Please join us in this process to perfecting a 
budget that is going to save our country for our children. Do not 
continue with these misstatements of fact.

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