On the recordSeptember 6, 2000
I have never had anyone tell me, ``You ought to do away with Medicare.'' I do not understand. Our seniors like Medicare. It is a good program. It works. It is successful. It is what they need. They just need a prescription drug benefit to go along with it. I just simply do not understand why Governor Bush and the Republicans are so determined to destroy it. Why would they want to do that to our seniors when we know this is the only way we can provide decent health care protection for our senior citizens, and it is absolutely a mystery to me why they would engage in this attempt, this shameful attempt, to destroy Medicare that has been such a wonderful thing, and will continue to be if we add a prescription drug benefit to it.
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