[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   MEDICARE RX MEETS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, there are almost 40 million Medicare 
beneficiaries in the United States, and I can say with confidence that 
no two beneficiaries are just alike. So why would this administration 
want to create a one-size-fits-all Medicare prescription drug program?
  Our seniors should not be forced into a big government Washington-
based drug benefit program, a program run by Washington bureaucrats 
that do not know the difference between Motrin and Resulin. Our seniors 
and disabled Americans deserve and want a better plan.
  The House bipartisan prescription drug benefit plan will provide an 
affordable, available, and voluntary drug benefit program allowing each 
Medicare beneficiary to choose which program best serves their 
individual needs.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people cannot afford the $100 billion 
Clinton-Gore cookie cutter prescription drug plan scheme, whatever you 
call it, which thoughtlessly neglects individual health care needs of 
our seniors.

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