[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 161 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H10209-H10210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              MEDICARE PRESERVATION ACT PRESERVES MEDICARE

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, there are currently a lot of scare tactics 
permeating the media regarding Medicare. To me, the most frightening 
scenario would be if Congress and the President do nothing, Medicare 
will go broke in 7 years. If the program becomes insolvent, the 
Government can not pay the health care bills of millions of retirees.
  The standard bearers of the status quo are suggesting that Medicare 
be saved only for the next election not the next generation. They have 
placed politics ahead of sound policy and they clearly care more about 
voters than the current and future retirees. Their so-called plan was 
thrown together only after the media called their bluff and exposed 
their demagoguery.
  Our plan, the Medicare Preservation Act, preserves traditional 
Medicare for any retiree who wants it. Let me say that another way. 
Anyone who prefers the current Medicare system may keep it. Others will 
have the right to choose 

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health care plans the way everyone else does.
  What can be wrong with that?

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