[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 12, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 SUPPORTING MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: LET SENIORS KEEP THE PLANS THEY DEPEND 
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  (Mr. MARCHANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I hear from seniors in my district every 
day that they are very pleased with their Medicare Advantage plans but 
are greatly concerned about the recently announced program cuts caused 
by ObamaCare. These cuts will result in higher out-of-pocket costs and 
benefit reductions. These cuts will be especially hard hitting on the 
40 percent of Medicare Advantage enrollees who earn $20,000 a year or 
less. Some plans are already cutting doctors that were previously 
available to Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
  This is only the tip of the iceberg. Many seniors are only now 
hearing about these cuts. The larger problem is that most of the cuts 
to Medicare Advantage are all back loaded in ObamaCare--the worst is 
yet to come. I call on the administration to give immediate relief to 
our seniors and allow them to keep the Medicare Advantage plans that 
they depend on every day.

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