[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SPEAKER'S PLAN TO ABOLISH MEDICAID IS BAD IDEA

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, when is Speaker Gingrich going to get it? 
His plan to abolish Medicaid is a bad idea. He is not listening to 
seniors, seniors who will lose their long-term nursing home care. He is 
not listening to the American Medical Association, who warned him this 
week not to end the Federal guaranty to health care coverage for low-
income women and for children.
  Let us hope he listens to the participants at yesterday's White House 
conference on AIDS, participants who made it clear that his proposal 
will be devastating for people with AIDS. I wonder if my colleagues 
know, Mr. Speaker, that half of all people with HIV and AIDS in my home 
State of California rely on Medicaid for health coverage? Destroy the 
Medicaid safety net and people with AIDS will be denied treatment and 
care and will be forced into expensive hospital emergency rooms.
  Mr. Speaker, listen to persons with HIV and AIDS, listen to the 
American Medical Association, listen to seniors, women, and children. 
Do not pay for special interest taxes by taking away health care from 
the most vulnerable Americans.

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