[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 158 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           THE REPUBLICAN PLAN IS A MERCY KILLING OF MEDICARE

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, the bloom is finally off the Republican 
pay-more-get-less plan. There it is, in all its ugly splendor. Let us 
look at the real details of the plan. To protect the Medicare trust 
fund, let us drain 4 years of revenues from the fund. To fight Medicare 
fraud, cut any fraud law enforcement. To reduce soaring medical costs, 
let us permit doctors to charge higher fees. That is the only way they 
will support the plan. To secure last-minute support from one of 
America's fattest lobbies, let us give them a sweetheart deal that they 
say will mean billions of dollars for them.
  Yes, this is real Republican doctoring of Medicare, doctoring it up 
so all Americans will know what it is. But the model for that doctoring 
is Dr. Kevorkian. Our Republican colleagues really have in mind a mercy 
killing for Medicare. To save Medicare, let us kill it. That is the 
real Republican pay-more-get-less plan.

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