[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10548]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT AND DISCOUNT ACT

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, the House Democratic prescription 
drug proposal is a real one. It provides a solid $25-a-month premium 
cost, a $100-a-year deductible, coinsurance. Beneficiaries pay 20 
percent, Medicare pays 80 percent, an out-of-pocket limit of $2,000 per 
year per beneficiary, and low-income beneficiaries with incomes of 150 
percent of poverty will pay absolutely nothing.
  This is a real plan, a plan that benefits all of the people. Let us 
pass it.

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