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




                      FACTS ABOUT MEDICARE REFORM

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot of wild accusations 
and some very interesting and creative, if not altogether truthful, 
analogies. My dear friend from Illinois brought up perhaps the 
strangest I have heard today.
  Let us get away from this, and let us talk fact. Let us get away from 
the mythical mathematics of Washington, DC.
  Fact No. 1: Medicare spending per beneficiary increases from $4,800 
this year to $6,700 in the year 2002. That is an increase of almost 
$2,000. That is reality. That is real math.
  Fact No. 2: We provide choice to seniors through Medicare Plus. Only 
the guardians of the old order who put their trust not on individual 
initiative but an overgrown, gigantic Federal bureaucracy dictating to 
the American people would say otherwise. The fact is we provide choice, 
even if seniors want to keep the program they have intact and make no 
change. That is why it is Medicare Plus. That is why it is good for the 
American Nation. That is why it will pass in this body later this week.

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