Richard Burr: “Let me make this point here. A voluntary plan, a plan where we create the benefit and say to the 38 million seniors and…”

“Let me make this point here. A voluntary plan, a plan where we create the benefit and say to the 38 million seniors and eligible disabled, it is your choice. If you currently have coverage that was extended by an employer in your retirement, you do not have to, you do not have to buy into the Federal plan. It is an option. It is a vast difference in approach from the catastrophic debate of 1993 or 1994 when we, or it may have been earlier than that, when we asked seniors to pay more for something they were already getting for nothing.”