[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        WE ARE GOING TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND IMPROVE MEDICARE

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, Republicans have a simple three-step plan to 
give Medicare recipients the right to the same quality and choice that 
their own children and grandchildren have.
  First, all senior citizens currently on Medicare must be allowed to 
remain on Medicare just exactly the way it is for as long as they want, 
if that is what they choose.
  Second, all seniors who want to join a health plan that covers more 
than today's Medicare, including routine physicals, prescription drugs, 
and eyeglasses, should have that right.
  Third, all seniors who want to set up a Medicare savings account that 
will pay for their health care needs and reward them for making healthy 
choices should be given that right as well.
  Mr. Speaker, today's seniors deserve the right to the best medical 
care system possible, and tomorrow's seniors deserve to know that the 
money that they have paid in Medicare taxes will also have been a sound 
investment, and, Mr. Speaker, according to the budget resolution all of 
this would be done with an increase in spending per beneficiary from 
$4,816 in 1995 to $6,734 in 2002.
  We are going to protect, preserve, and improve Medicare.
  

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