[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                MEDICARE

  (Mrs. BLACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mrs. BLACK. I have been doing town hall meetings for the last 4 
months, and up to this point I have had about 12. When Medicare comes 
up, people tell me, Don't touch my Medicare. Hands off my Medicare.
  And you know what I tell them? There is a dirty little secret that 
the Democrats in Congress and the President don't want them to know, 
and that is their Medicare is already changed. Because last Congress, 
when this House passed ObamaCare, they robbed $500 billion from 
Medicare to pay for their government takeover of health care.
  Not only that, but ObamaCare set up an Independent Payment Advisory 
Board, or an IPAB, and you know what those 15 unelected, unaccountable 
bureaucrats will do? They are going to ration your Medicare to cut the 
costs and limit seniors' access to Medicare.
  You know what else happens under this plan in a decade? There is no 
Medicare because the program will become bankrupt.
  Now, the truth about the Republican plan and the Path to Prosperity: 
Under our plan we save Medicare. We address the unsustainable growth 
rate of Medicare so the program doesn't go bankrupt in 10 years. The 
Democrats have no plan to stop Medicare's descent into bankruptcy, but 
the Republicans do. And unlike ObamaCare, where you have no choice, the 
Republicans give you a choice.
  Now the dirty little secret is out there, and the real choice is in 
front of us. The choice is easy.

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