Rick Santorum: “I want to ask you, first on the Medicare+Choice plan. You say it has failed. Are you aware that the Senator from New…”

“I want to ask you, first on the Medicare+Choice plan. You say it has failed. Are you aware that the Senator from New York, Mr. Schumer, offered an amendment today? I encourage you to read his statement. He talked about how the Medicare+Choice plan has been dramatically underfunded. I have a letter here from July 12 of last year signed by 11 Democrats, including Senators Clinton, Schumer, Lieberman, Corzine, and Wyden, talking about how the Medicare fee-for-service plan has grown by at least 10 percent, and yet the Medicare+Choice plan has been locked in by law and growing at only 2 percent. That is the reason a lot of the Medicare+Choice plans had to leave. Are you aware of all that information?”