[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, at nearly $1 trillion in spending and tax 
increases, the Democrat health care bill is a bad deal for taxpayers; 
but it is a worst deal for American seniors, and senior citizens 
deserve to know about it.
  Included in the Democrat health care plan are massive cuts in 
Medicare Advantage, $162 billion in reductions in this popular program. 
As a result, Medicare Advantage plans will drop out of the program, 
limiting seniors' choices and causing many to lose their current health 
care coverage through Medicare Advantage. This will have an 
exceptionally negative impact in rural areas, like my district of 
eastern Indiana.
  According to the Congressional Budget Office as well, the Democrat's 
health care plan will increase the cost of Medicare prescription drug 
premiums by 20 percent in the next decade.
  The President said, If you like your current plan, you can keep it. 
Well, after looking at the Democrats' plan for seniors, I guess he 
wasn't talking about senior citizens when he said that.

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