Our plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy, while increasing Medicare spending and increasing Medicare health care choices, increasing Medicare spending per senior citizen from $4,800 per citizen per year in 1996 to $7,300 per senior citizen in 6 years. Obviously when you go from $4,800 today to $7,300 over the next 6 years, you are increasing Medicare spending per senior citizen. No matter which way you slice it, that happens to be an increase.
Discussing a plan to save Medicare and increase spending per senior citizen.
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