[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




EXPRESSING CONCERN REGARDING THE EFFECT OF PROPOSED HEALTH CARE REFORM 
                           ON SENIOR CITIZENS

  (Mr. KLINE of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINE of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my 
concern about the consequences of the majority party's proposed health 
reform to the members of our Greatest Generation.
  As my colleagues have stated over and over today, the bill under 
consideration in the House would pose a major threat to our senior 
citizens. I'm especially troubled by the legislation's consequences for 
the more than 10 million Americans who rely on Medicare Advantage for 
their health care coverage.
  In my home State of Minnesota, more than 230,000 senior citizens rely 
on Medicare Advantage. More than 17,000 of these men and women live in 
my district. And as their Representative, I simply cannot abide 
limiting their choices, let alone stripping them of their coverage 
completely. These are Minnesotans who, if they like their insurance, 
can't keep it.
  Mr. Speaker, we can do better. Let's push the reset button and start 
over in a bipartisan way to write legislation, not behind closed doors, 
but out in the open.

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