[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SCARE TACTICS REGARDING MEDICARE

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to my good 
friend from Florida who precedes me here in the well, and, Mr. Speaker, 
we see yet another example of Medi-Scare. You see, if you do not want 
to solve a problem, you try to scare the H-E-double-hockey-sticks out 
of the American people. Scare them into an action; scare them into 
senseless fear.
  But the fact remains this: Medicare goes bankrupt in 7 years if we do 
nothing. To the seniors who age into the program in 7 years, I ask, 
what do you do when there is no program there? For the seniors who are 
living under the program now, I ask, what happens when it goes 
bankrupt?
  We are willing to work with our friends in the new minority to come 
up with a plan to save this vital program. We want to enlarge options; 
we want to have this program viable. But the one thing we do not need 
is more fear tactics. The one thing we need is constructive consistent 
work together to solve this vital problem confronting this Nation.


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