[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          STRENGTHEN MEDICARE

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, 30 years ago Sunday, President Johnson 
signed Medicare into law. There are 37 million Americans who depend 
upon Medicare, including my own mom and my in-laws.
  According to a recent report by the Medicare trustees, the Medicare 
trust fund starts going bankrupt in 1996. The new congressional 
majority is committed to preserving, protecting, and strengthening 
Medicare. We need to take the best ideas from the private sector 
because they do a much better job at health care than the government-
run system.
  We should also explore other options like medical savings accounts. 
We need to root out the fraud and the abuse that cheats the 
beneficiaries out of their money. It drains the reserves of the 
Medicare trust fund.
  Finally, we need to keep partisan politics out of the discussion of 
Medicare. We need to put aside our differences and all of us work 
together to provide the strengthening of Medicare.

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