[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 26703]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, according to the experts at 
CMS, the Democrats' health care bill is bad news for seniors. Seniors 
citizens have a right to know that the cost for Pelosi's trillion 
dollar government takeover of health care is paid for with almost $500 
billion in Medicare cuts.
  First, millions of seniors will lose their health plans. The experts 
predict that enrollment in Medicare Advantage will decline 64 percent, 
and that Medicare benefits will be cut for 11 million seniors enrolled 
in Medicare Advantage.
  Second, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the Democrat 
health plan will increase the cost of Medicare prescription drug 
premiums by 20 percent. Seniors will literally lose their right to 
choose. Cutting the benefits seniors are entitled to in the name of 
creating government-run health insurance is just wrong.
  Seniors want, need, and deserve better from America.

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