[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             MEDICARE CUTS MEAN A WINDFALL FOR THE WEALTHY

  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my outrage with the 
Republican proposal to force the Nation's seniors to pay for their tax 
cut for the rich. The Republican budget proposal would force our 
seniors to pay more than $1,000 out of pocket for medical care each 
year, while giving the very wealthiest 1 percent of Americans an annual 
windfall of $20,000.
  It is outrageous that at a time when our Nation's seniors are 
struggling to make ends meet the Republicans have chosen to make their 
medical care more expensive. We must not force our seniors to pick up 
the tab for a huge tax break for the very wealthiest Americans. The 
Republicans claim that they must cut Medicare because they project that 
the system will be out of money in 7 years. But even if you accept 
their figures, and I certainly do not, most of the $286 billion the 
Republicans would cut from Medicare and take from our senior citizens 
would be used to pay for their tax cuts. A windfall for the very 
wealthy, not to save the future of Medicare for seniors.
  For shame.

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