[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 154 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     SENIOR CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR HEALTH PLAN

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOKE. Madam Speaker, did you see this? We just heard more of 
this.
  Madam Speaker, one of the things that amazes me about this debate is 
that one of the options that individuals have, and the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut will be pleased to know this, is if a senior citizen 
chooses, chooses to stay in a 35-year-old plan, they may do that. If 
they choose to do that, they have that option. They have the option to 
do that if they want. They will have other choices that will give them 
far more flexibility, far more choice, et cetera, et cetera.
  What is important about this is that in fact what we do know is that 
one of the choices that will exist is if a senior citizen wants to stay 
in the program exactly the way that it is today, they may do that. They 
may do that, but they will also be given other choices, better choices, 
newer choices.

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