Dan Miller: “I rise today to express my concerns with the treatment of senior citizens in the Clinton health care plan. The senior…”

“I rise today to express my concerns with the treatment of senior citizens in the Clinton health care plan. The senior citizens of this Nation are being forced to bankroll a foreseeably ineffective and costly health care package, even after billions of dollars in Medicare cuts. I cannot support a plan that lowers the quality of health care that our senior citizens receive. Through price controls and global budgeting, the Clinton plan will force the rationing of health care throughout the Nation. Those most affected by this rationing will of course be the senior citizens. Mr. Clinton's health care plan takes $180 billion out of the Medicare system and pretends that these draconian cuts will not impact quality of care. Nonsense. Senior citizens deserve better than what Clinton offers them. As the youth of America is our future, so too are the senior citizens, for they are the teachers who guide youth into greatness. We must recognize this great contribution and, as we commemorate the immense sacrifices made during World War II, we should not be saying thanks by slashing Medicare and rationing health care.”