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




                SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MEDICARE

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, the CMS actuary just came out with the grim 
news. Apparently the insolvency date of Medicare was just moved up 5 
years to 2024--that is only 12 years from now--and will probably move 
up further before we get there.
  Furthermore, this is after one-half trillion dollars has been shaved 
from current Medicare to extend the life of Medicare, and, as we all 
know, that money is already infamously booked twice: once for middle 
class insurance subsidies and the other to extend the life of Medicare.
  The 2012 budget that passed the House with bipartisan support is the 
beginning to the solution for this problem. It preserves Medicare for 
those 55 and over and reforms it to a market-based system with lots of 
choices for those under 55 today. Meanwhile, Democrats simply play 
``mediscare'' on this issue and insist on doing nothing.

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