[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 161 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REFORMING MEDICARE

  (Mr. GILCHREST asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GILCHREST. Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a comment about 
Medicare and the proposal that are going to be up this week for a vote 
on the House floor. After reading the material and understanding that 
the long-term sustainability of Medicare as it stands right now is not 
in good condition, what we need to do to protect seniors right now and 
protect those people that will move into that category in the very near 
future is to reform Medicare so it is sustainable over the long haul.
  In order to do that, we have to reduce the amount of cost to each 
senior citizen. We have to slow down the rate of growth for Medicare 
from about 10 percent to about 5 percent. We have to protect Medicare 
part A. These reforms do that. We have to protect Medicare part B. 
These reforms do that. We have to give seniors more options, more 
health care, and better quality health care. These reforms do that.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues, when the vote comes up on Thursday 
to vote for the reforms.

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