[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]




              MONEY BUYS ACCESS--PROTEST GETS YOU ARRESTED

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, today, senior citizens can 
choose their doctor, their hospital, any kind of medical care they went 
under current Medicare rules. Why are the Republicans offering more 
choice; why are the Republicans forcing more choice? Because the Golden 
Rule Insurance Co. gave $157,000 to GOPAC, the political arm of Speaker 
Gingrich, another $45,000 to Speaker Gingrich's two campaigns. They 
sponsored Speaker Gingrich's TV show, and they have given almost $2 
million to Republican causes. That is why they want to force senior 
citizens into medical savings accounts.
  Mr. Speaker, I say to my colleagues, if you have money, you have 
access to the Republican plan for Medicare. The doctors met with 
Speaker Gingrich in the middle of the markup of the Medicare bill in 
the Committee on Ways and Means. They got $3 billion--$3 billion. 
Golden Rule gives money to campaigns; they got millions of dollars, 
hundreds of millions of dollars, in businesses.
  Senior citizens approached the chairman of the committee yesterday 
and asked about the future of Medicare. They were arrested. I say to my 
colleagues, if you have money, you can cut deals. If you need health 
care, you get arrested.

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