[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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      MASSIVE MEDICARE CUTS IN THE BAUCUS HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, Senator Baucus's health care bill is out, and 
the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has reported it has 15 
major surprises in it. Massive cuts to Medicare.
  You can see here that the bill cuts $133 billion out of Medicare 
Advantage, forcing 3 million seniors out of their choices; $128 billion 
is going to be cut for Medicare for hospitals; home health is cut, part 
D; skilled nursing is cut; hospice is cut; medical imaging, wheelchairs 
are cut.
  So we now see how this is so-called paid for, on the back of senior 
health care.
  I urge seniors to read this Baucus bill and learn about its massive 
Medicare cuts.

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