Lynn C. Woolsey: “this debate is a question of priorities, and it's a question of values. Under the Republican plan, after seniors have…”

“this debate is a question of priorities, and it's a question of values. Under the Republican plan, after seniors have incurred $2,000 in prescription drug benefits, they will still pay a premium, but they better not expect anything in return. And why is that? It's because just last week, the Republican leadership decided that they would rather eliminate estate taxes for millionaires than help seniors afford prescription drugs. They insisted on spending a total of $820 billion to help 8,000 millionaires. For almost the same cost, we could give millions of seniors a real prescription drug benefit. Millionaires or millions of seniors? The Republicans give new meaning to the phrase ``better off dead.'' If you're rich and dead, Republicans don't want you to lose a dime. But if you're alive and can't afford the high cost of prescription drugs--well, good luck. You might want to be dead. I dare my Republican colleagues to tell their mothers what they're doing to Medicare. My priority is giving every American senior a real prescription drug benefit, like the one in the Democratic alternative. Oppose the Republican bill, support the Democratic alternative.”