Artur Davis said "I come from the Seventh District of Alabama where a significant number of our seniors live in a world very different from a lot of the people who sit in this body. A lot of the seniors in my district live in a space where they are illiterate. They live in a space where they are not able to interpret the difference between a plan A and a plan B. They have trouble navigating every single aspect of their daily lives. Some of them cannot even fully understand their own prescriptions, but yet it is true they will have a theoretical choice as to which plan is better for their interests. One thing that I would hope that this whole body would agree on, Mr. Speaker, is that we do not need to provide a benefit that some people in this society will enjoy but that other people will not enjoy because of their station and place in life." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 24, 2003

I come from the Seventh District of Alabama where a significant number of our seniors live in a world very different from a lot of the people who sit in this body. A lot of the seniors in my district live in a space where they are illiterate. They live in a space where they are not able to interpret the difference between a plan A and a plan B. They have trouble navigating every single aspect of their daily lives. Some of them cannot even fully understand their own prescriptions, but yet it is true they will have a theoretical choice as to which plan is better for their interests. One thing that I would hope that this whole body would agree on, Mr. Speaker, is that we do not need to provide a benefit that some people in this society will enjoy but that other people will not enjoy because of their station and place in life.

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Artur Davis

Democratic · Alabama

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the challenges seniors face with the Medicare plan during a floor speech.

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