[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]




     SENIORS LOCKED OUT AND LOCKED UP WHILE THE DOCTORS MAKE A DEAL

  (Mr. SCHUMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday two contrasting events showed 
just where the Republican majority wishes to take us on Medicare. On 
the one hand, Mr. Speaker, Speaker Gingrich was in the room with the 
doctors, the AMA, and they were negotiating a deal. On the other hand, 
Mr. Speaker, a group of seniors who wished to be heard were actually 
arrested and handcuffed, although the charges were later dropped, for 
daring to try and speak to one of the committees that has their future 
in its hands. Simply, the doctors were in a room cutting a deal. I ask, 
Why weren't the seniors at the table? All they got, Mr. Speaker, was 
locked out and locked up.
  Mr. Speaker, if the doctors made a deal and got their cut, the only 
cut the seniors got was to their benefits. This shows what is going on 
here. Very simply, they are lining up the providers and giving them 
what they want and telling the beneficiaries, the senior citizens who 
have worked so hard, ``You are going to suffer.''
  Mr. Speaker, we must stop this Medicare plan. It is unfair, unwise, 
and unbalanced.

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