[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MEDICARE REFORM

  (Mr. BURNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, the debate rages over health care in this 
country. I rise in support of improved health care for our Nation's 
seniors, and I think it has to be done through Medicare. I believe that 
Congress can truly improve the seniors' standard of living through 
preventative care and alternative treatment. The proposed Medicare 
reform legislation will move us in the right direction. I am encouraged 
by the prospects of shifting Medicare from a system that manages 
seniors when they are already sick into a system that is designed to 
prevent them from becoming sick in the first place. Preventative care 
is a part of the Medicare reform. Preventative care is truly the best 
form of care that we can and we should provide for our America's 
seniors.

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