A--as you know, our theory is give everybody in America a chance to get ahead. And that is what the menu's all about.

It is mostly about chronic illness, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and not just acute care.

Those are the kinds of reforms that make sense, that update the Medicare guarantee.

the ultra-wealthy can fire off a text to their accountant and say, make sure I don't pay income or payroll taxes this year.

I'm--I'm--I'm glad you made that--that point because not all Medicare advantage plans are created equal.

It is mostly about chronic illness, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and not just acute care.

if the ultra-wealthy paid their fair share of taxes, there wouldn't be such a serious Medicare shortfall.

Before he retired, the late Orrin Hatch and I said, Medicare today is not the Medicare we had when we were coming up.

Before he retired, the late Orrin Hatch and I said, Medicare today is not the Medicare we had when we were coming up.

if the ultra-wealthy paid their fair share of taxes, there wouldn't be such a serious Medicare shortfall.

the ultra-wealthy can fire off a text to their accountant and say, make sure I don't pay income or payroll taxes this year.

I'm--I'm--I'm glad you made that--that point because not all Medicare advantage plans are created equal.

Those are the kinds of reforms that make sense, that update the Medicare guarantee.

A--as you know, our theory is give everybody in America a chance to get ahead. And that is what the menu's all about.

I'm--I'm--I'm glad you made that--that point because not all Medicare advantage plans are created equal.

the ultra-wealthy can fire off a text to their accountant and say, make sure I don't pay income or payroll taxes this year.

Okay. A--as you know, our theory is give everybody in America a chance to get ahead. And that is what the menu's all about.

if the ultra-wealthy paid their fair share of taxes, there wouldn't be such a serious Medicare shortfall.

It is mostly about chronic illness, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and not just acute care.

So Chairman Hatch and I wrote what I think is a transformational update of the Medicare guarantee.

Before he retired, the late Orrin Hatch and I said, Medicare today is not the Medicare we had when we were coming up.

Senator Klobuchar has said it very well, and I want to pick up on her remarks. And we are here to reflect on the extraordinary achievement in the Inflation Reduction Act in order to provide for the first time a real measure of relief--a…

I thank my colleague for all his leadership, and I am certainly planning to speak on the very strong merits of what you described. And if you would like to continue, we will go through that shortly. Would the gentleman like to yield to me?

I thank my colleague for being our leader here in the Congress and, frankly, for this Nation because he has consistently made the point that given the demographics of where we are going to have so many more older people, where we have so…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2544, which was received at the House and is at the desk; further, that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider…