[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


MEDICARE TRUSTEES' REPORT DOES NOT RECOMMEND RAIDING MEDICARE FUNDS TO 
                   PAY FOR TAX BREAKS FOR THE WEALTHY

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I have here a copy of the 
Medicare trustees report. They make it very clear that unless changes 
are made, Medicare will be insolvent. They also make a series of 
recommendations of minor extensions of current law that will make it 
solvent to the year 2010.
  What the Medicare trustees do not recommend in this report is raiding 
the Medicare account to give tax breaks to the wealthy. The Medicare 
trustees do not recommend, as the Republicans plan to do, to take $270 
billion out of Medicare and give it to the wealthiest people in this 
country. What the Medicare trustees recommend is that we reform the 
Medicare system to extend its life, not raid the system to give a 
handout to the wealthiest people in this country.
  However, that is what the Republican plan is; not fixing Medicare, 
not reforming Medicare, but raiding Medicare, using the trustees' 
report as cover so that they can pass on a tax cut to the wealthiest 
people in this country. We are fully prepared to reform Medicare. We 
are not prepared to raid Medicare.

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