Ron Lewis: “I realize that the administration is far too busy with all of their lawyers trying to figure out a way to handle all the…”

“I realize that the administration is far too busy with all of their lawyers trying to figure out a way to handle all the campaign laws they overlooked to show some leadership on the Medicare issue. I know that would be asking too much. So while the administration is busy with all of their lawyers, this Congress must lead the way on Medicare. The Medicare trustees released their annual report to the American people last week. The trust fund is going bankrupt, probably in only 4 years. The report confirms what Republicans have been saying about Medicare for the last 2 years. The trustees state that failure to fund Medicare will result in certain bankruptcy in the year 2001. None of this is new. Every single Member of Congress has known this for several years. I call on those who are more interested in saving Medicare from bankruptcy than in playing politics with seniors to join in our effort to reform Medicare. We must act now.”