[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25780-25781]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                              HEALTH CARE

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, my mother is 83 and not in the best of 
health. When I see what is being proposed in this House, health care 
agendas that take away from seniors like her, I get a cold shiver down 
my spine. Medicare and Medicare Advantage are lifelines for many 
elderly Americans, especially in my area of south Florida.
  How can this House justify $162 billion in cuts to Medicare 
Advantage?

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Why in this economic recession are we limiting the choices for seniors 
or causing many to lose their current health care coverage? For seniors 
in my congressional district, cuts to Medicare Advantage would be 
disastrous.
  The Congressional Budget Office says that Medicare prescription drug 
premiums will increase by 20 percent because of the Democrat plan. I 
know, and my constituents know, that seniors simply cannot afford this.
  The health care reform bill makes it tougher on seniors to get the 
coverage and the treatment they deserve after a lifetime of hard work 
and sacrifice. Of course we need health care reform, but reform should 
not be on the backs of our seniors.

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