[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3641]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MEDICARE AND THE RYAN BUDGET

  (Mr. BERA of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BERA of California. Mr. Speaker, the latest Ryan budget is deja 
vu all over again, only this time it's worse for our parents and 
grandparents. It will turn Medicare into a voucher system, and leave 
millions without the health care they need and deserve.
  As a doctor, I've sat with these seniors when they're trying to 
choose between one medication or another, one treatment or another, and 
they can't afford it. This is just wrong. It's bad medicine.
  Our parents and grandparents did not work their whole lives paying 
into a system only to be handed a voucher that doesn't even cover the 
cost of needed care.
  If we work together, we can do better. We can lower the cost of 
health care. We must honor the promises that we've made to them, and 
make sure Medicare is secure and strengthened for the next generation.
  Mr. Ryan, don't pull the plug on Medicare.

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