[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9304]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        THE TRUTH ABOUT MEDICARE

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, the more people know about the 
Republican plan for Medicare, the less they like it. So it's no wonder 
that the Republicans are trying to prevent House Members from telling 
our constituents about the plan to end Medicare by actually censoring 
our mailings to our own districts.
  The Democrats aren't alone in saying the Republican plan ends 
Medicare. Tom Scully, former Bush administration head of Medicare, says 
the Republican plan ``gets rid of the current Medicare program'' and 
that it is ``a fundamental structural change in the program.'' It's so 
fundamental that beginning in 2022 the out-of-pocket costs for 
enrollees would double, and they would be forced to pick a private 
insurance plan without guaranteed benefits.
  Republicans can call their plan whatever they want--sorta-care, 
maybe-care, we don't care--but they can't call it Medicare. They can 
try all they want, but they can't keep seniors from learning the truth.
  This program that they introduced ends Medicare.

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