[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                LUXURY SUITES IN HOSPITALS FOR THE RICH

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, while hospitals across America are 
cutting services for mom and dad, the same hospitals are building 
luxury suites for the fat cats that make the Ritz Carlton look like 
Motel 6. A VIP can now get monogrammed bathrobes, satin sheets, antique 
furniture, a wet bar. And if that is not enough to inflame our 
hemorrhoids, VIP's can enjoy a spot of tea served by a waiter in a 
tuxedo carrying around silver trays of strawberries and truffles. 
Unbelievable.
  While VIP's get gourmet food, mom and dad get line itemed, line 
itemed for toilet paper and aspirin. Beam me up.
  Mr. Speaker, the truth is the CEO's of these HMO's keep lining their 
pockets with cash. I say they should be handcuffed to a chain link 
fence and flogged. Then sent to jail. Think about it. I yield back the 
balance of those line itemed toilet paper bills.

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