[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1456-H1457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. WILSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WILSON of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I am from Ohio's Sixth District, 
my district is in Appalachian Ohio, and we have a large population of 
seniors and retirees, so I'm truly interested in how this reform bill 
strengthens Medicare. If we don't do anything, the Medicare trust fund 
is projected to be insolvent by 2016. Medicare takes care of our 
seniors, but it is high time that we take care of Medicare.
  The health care reform bill keeps Medicare solvent for 9 more years. 
We extend that timeline by finally getting tough on the waste in 
Medicare. So as we make services better for seniors, we also fight 
fraud and waste.
  The inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department has 
found a number of problems in Medicare with false claims for 
wheelchairs and orthotics, and overcharging for devices and 
prescription drugs. We need

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to provide the tools to strengthen our enforcement mechanisms and fight 
these abuses.
  I thank leadership for providing a long and thoughtful examination of 
health care, one of the most pressing issues of our time. I look 
forward to reading the bill soon.

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