[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 162 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H10309-H10310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REFORMING MEDICARE FOR THE BETTER

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

[[Page H 10310]]

  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to my good 
friend from Illinois who preceded me here in the well. He quoted 
Abraham Lincoln accurately. But he misapplied the quote, for rather 
being malicious and mean-spirited, the only mantra the guardians of the 
old order can offer, instead what we are doing today is embodying the 
spirit of America.
  Because we are saying to America's seniors, you deserve to have a 
choice in health care. You do not need to be cut off magically at age 
65 to a one-size-fits-all plan. We believe you have the right to 
determine the health care you should have, and if you want to keep 
Medicare as it exists now, then you have the right to keep that as 
well.
  But the senseless mantra that we are making changes in Medicare for 
tax breaks for the wealthy is patently false and, Mr. Speaker, even 
malicious.
  How sad it is; it is symptomatic of the new minority, folks who have 
no vision for the future, would only apply a Band-Aid and only came up 
with a plan in the final nanosecond of the 11th hour, instead of 
dealing responsibly.

  Friends, join us. Let us reform Medicare for the better.

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