[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 158 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ONLY THE REPUBLICAN PLAN SAVES MEDICARE

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, after languishing for months without a plan 
to save Medicare, the Democrats have at least finally proposed 
something, even though it does not address the heart of the problem.
  Their plan to find $90 billion in Medicare savings is not about 
saving Medicare; it's about saving Democrats for the next election. The 
Democrat plan does nothing but postpone Medicare's bankruptcy for 3 
years. Furthermore, under the Democrat plan, when the baby boomers 
begin retiring in 2010, Medicare will be more than $300 billion in the 
red.
  The Republican plan, on the other hand, makes a real attempt to 
address what is a long-term problem. Changes will be made in an attempt 
to make a 1960's program both functional and affordable in the 1990's. 
And our plan will make Medicare solvent through 2010.
  Mr. Speaker, there are two plans to change Medicare. But only one 
saves it. And it's being offered by the Republican Party.

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