09/07/1986
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"The proposed 'Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act' would provide improved acute care coverage for the elderly and disabled by restructuring the Medicare program."
"I am asking the Congress to give elderly Americans a health insurance plan that fights the fear of catastrophic acute care illness."
"I am pleased to transmit today for your immediate consideration and enactment the 'Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act.'"
"A catastrophic acute care illness requires treatment so costly that families can only pay for it by impoverishing themselves."