[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19564]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            DEMOCRATS' HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER--BAD FOR SENIORS

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, this is the Democrat health plan, 
and this over 1,000 pages of legalese is the Democrat health plan.
  This thing is really bad for America, but it's even worse for 
seniors. It's going to result in cuts in Medicare benefits. It's going 
to destroy Medicare Advantage. It's going to end up rationing health 
care. And if you don't believe that, listen to what the President said:
  ``The chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are 
accounting for potentially 80 percent of the total health care bill out 
there. There is going to have to be some very difficult democratic 
conversation to take place on this.''
  He's talking about rationing health care and talking about how we're 
going to deal with these people who are getting a little bit older who 
need care. But you know what they're going to do to make sure that the 
seniors are going to be happy? They are going to give them end-of-life 
counseling. Take away benefits but tell you how you're going to die.

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