[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPUBLICANS' PROPOSAL CONTAINS MORE, NOT LESS, SPENDING FOR MEDICARE

  (Mr. NORWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NORWOOD. Mr. Speaker, this truly is an amazing 20 minutes, and 
surely must be very confusing to those people who are listening. 
Perhaps if we simplify this a little and do a little of the things that 
we might have done in the fourth grade, and use some repetition.
  The average spending per Medicare beneficiary today is $4,800. Under 
the Republican plan, Medicare spending per beneficiary in the year 2002 
will be $6,700. Under this plan, Medicare spending increases by $1,900 
per beneficiary. That is a 40-percent increase. Let us try again, Mr. 
Speaker.
  The average spending per Medicare beneficiary today is $4,800. Under 
the Republican plan, Medicare spending per beneficiary in the year 2002 
will be $6,700. Under this plan Medicare spending will increase by 
$1,900.
  Mr. Speaker, that is a 40-percent increase.

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