[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1486]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           MEDICARE ADVANTAGE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, it's interesting that our colleagues across 
the aisle are doing their best to hide the truth about the cuts to 
Medicare that came with ObamaCare and those that the President has 
recommended in his budget. However, the truth will out.
  The President's health care takeover, like his latest budget, is bad 
for our Nation's seniors. According to the Congressional Budget Office, 
the Democrats' health care and tax increase law slashed funding for 
Medicare Advantage plans used by millions of seniors across the 
country.
  According to an October Forbes article, the average beneficiary--
considering both those who stay in the stripped-down Medicare Advantage 
program and those who transition out of it--will incur an average cut 
of more than $3,700 in benefits per year by 2017.
  That will directly affect the 40,000 seniors in my mostly rural North 
Carolina district who enjoy Medicare Advantage plans. So much for the 
President's promise that ``if you like your plan, you can keep it.''
  That's just another reason why I voted against the health care law 
and intend to support its repeal.

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