[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DISMANTLING MEDICARE

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks and include extraneous 
material.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, the Washington Times confirmed 
what seniors have feared about Republican plans to cut Medicare. The 
conservative newspaper reported that the Republican leadership's 
ultimate goal is to privatize Medicare.
  Now, Republicans claim that their plan to privatize Medicare will 
offer seniors more choices in the private health care market. But, 
unfortunately seniors know that the only choices that privatization 
offers them is to pay and pay and pay.
  The privatization of Medicare will mean that seniors will pay more in 
premiums and deductibles. Recipients who now pay $46.10 per month for 
Medicare part B would pay more than $110 per month, under the GOP plan.
  Thirty years ago when Medicare was established, 95 percent of 
Republicans opposed the plan. Now, Republicans are out to achieve a 30-
year goal, dismantling what they never wanted in the first place--
Medicare.


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