[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 118 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WE NEED SPECIFICS ON CHANGES IN MEDICARE

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, I believe it was old Will Rogers who said 
all I know is what I read in the papers, and were he around today, he 
would have a great deal in common with the seniors and the people who 
care about seniors, who are concerned about Medicare.
  Because you see, all that our Republican colleagues have had to say 
about their specific plan to change and alter and reform and refine 
Medicare is that they think that ought to be done. If American seniors 
or Will Rogers were to have read the Times on Monday, they would have 
learned one of the specifics of this particular secret plan, that the 
Republicans think that Medicare beneficiaries should be discouraged 
from buying insurance to cover what Medicare does not cover already.
  The Republicans evidently believe that MediGap coverage insulates 
patients from the cost of care; in essence, that our seniors are not 
paying enough for the care that they receive today.
  We have had two Members this morning come up and talk about Medicare. 
They have failed to outline one specific change. They should be talking 
about MediScare, because they are scared to death to tell the American 
people how they are going to increase the cost of Medicare to every 
senior in this land.

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