[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HOW WILL HERB GET BY?

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. Mr. Speaker, here in Congress when we 
debate Medicare we talk in terms of hundreds of billions of dollars.
  When my constituent Herb McCullough looks at Medicare cuts he thinks 
in terms of hundreds of dollars.
  Herb lives on $640 a month from Social Security and a union pension.
  His Medicare and Medigap expenses are more than $80 a month.
  Thanks to subsidized housing, rent is $164 a month.
  After other expenses--food, clothing, phone--Herb will be lucky to 
have $87 left each month.
  Recently Herb had to buy two new hearing aids. He took $500 from his 
pension but still has to pay $100 a month.
  How would Herb get by if he had a prescription drug bill like his 
neighbor--$164 a month?
  I urge my colleagues to think of people like Herb when voting to 
raise Medicare copayments to $110 a month.


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