Paul Tonko: “Thank you, Representative Yarmuth. I will do this quickly because I know time is ticking away. We all mentioned the…”

“Thank you, Representative Yarmuth. I will do this quickly because I know time is ticking away. We all mentioned the concern about Medicare and how they're going to privatize it. Well, here it is, the end to Medicare. This is the buyer beware chart. This shows the Republican proposal in 2022 dollars and the Medicare model in 2022 dollars. And the voucher simply isn't going to cover much. They're suggesting 32 percent. So that leaves a $12,500 price tag to be assumed by--you guessed it--the senior. Dig into your pocket. Under the current Medicare model, it leaves you with a $6,150 price tag. {time} 1750 So it's going to more than double the commitment from the senior citizen. This is the ``buyer beware'' chart. The happy shopping spree isn't so happy. Representative Yarmuth, I just wanted to point that out. The bar graph shows it plain and simple: buyer beware. This is an attack on middle class America. It's an attack on the system that has worked well for so many decades, and certainly it is a priority that is not ours. It is theirs. We are for the working families of this country, and we will continue to fight that fight.”