[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER SLASHES MEDICARE FUNDING

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, what does a government takeover of health care 
mean for seniors? It's simple. According to the Congressional Budget 
Office, the Democrats' health care and tax increase bill slashes 
funding for Medicare Advantage plans used by millions of seniors across 
the country.
  All told, the Democrat plan cuts $162 billion from Medicare 
Advantage. That will directly affect the 40,000 seniors in my mostly 
rural North Carolina district who enjoy Medicare Advantage plans. With 
such huge cuts, Medicare Advantage plans are expected to disappear, 
limiting seniors' choices and causing real hardships for seniors in 
rural areas who simply don't have many options.
  So much for the President's promise that ``if you like your current 
plan, you can keep it.'' Sure, this promise is true, unless of course 
you're one of the millions who will lose their plan.
  The bottom line is this one-size-fits-all government-run plan and tax 
increase combination is bad news for America's seniors.

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