John B. Breaux: “This is not the way to fix Medicare, by scaring seniors. They do not mention that under the current Medicare program the…”

“This is not the way to fix Medicare, by scaring seniors. They do not mention that under the current Medicare program the premiums are going to double by the year 2007 if we do not do anything to fix it. That should really scare seniors into saying we need to do something to fix the program for our children and our grandchildren. But to send out false information calling the program a voucher, which it clearly is not, and to say it does not have the defined benefits, which it clearly does, all under the guise of scaring seniors into digging into their pockets and sending money that they need for food and groceries and extra Medicare benefits that they do not get now is something they should be ashamed of. I think all of us know what they are trying to do. We just have to stand up and say it like it is and call it what it is. This is shameful.”