[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     SENIORS AND HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, there is bipartisan consensus that 
Congress must help with affordability, with access and with the 
availability of health care for American families. There is no question 
that Congress must act and that we must address the issues, but the 
current Democrat health plan is not going in a bipartisan direction. 
Not only is the current Democrat health plan the wrong approach; it 
could harm various groups of Americans who need and who depend on 
quality health care the most.
  One of the groups is seniors. In my home State of Alabama, seniors 
make up about 14 percent of the population. That's higher than the 
national average. The seniors in Alabama and all over America deserve 
something better than the government takeover of health care.
  The House Democrat plan includes massive cuts to Medicare that will 
result in Medicare Advantage plans dropping out of the program, 
limiting seniors' choices and causing many to lose their current health 
care coverage, and cuts to Medicare Advantage will have an 
exceptionally harmful impact on seniors in rural areas.

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