William H. Frist said "one last issue I wish to speak about now is one we will be talking about today and tomorrow on the floor of this Senate, and that is this whole issue of strengthening and improving Medicare. Over the last several days, we have used terms such as ``actuarial value,'' and ``asset tests.'' We hear those terms again and again. We use acronyms so often. We talk about PPOs and HMOs and waiting on CBO for scoring. All these are important issues and vital issues, technical issues that are critical to our decisions that must be made, that we are obligated to make and should make to serve seniors in a better way with regard to their health care. But I do want to step back, just for a second, to set the stage for today's debate, to talk to seniors who might be either watching on C-SPAN or listening on the radio, and try to describe what, from a big picture, from sort of 30,000 feet, what this bill is all about." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 19, 2003

one last issue I wish to speak about now is one we will be talking about today and tomorrow on the floor of this Senate, and that is this whole issue of strengthening and improving Medicare. Over the last several days, we have used terms such as ``actuarial value,'' and ``asset tests.'' We hear those terms again and again. We use acronyms so often. We talk about PPOs and HMOs and waiting on CBO for scoring. All these are important issues and vital issues, technical issues that are critical to our decisions that must be made, that we are obligated to make and should make to serve seniors in a better way with regard to their health care. But I do want to step back, just for a second, to set the stage for today's debate, to talk to seniors who might be either watching on C-SPAN or listening on the radio, and try to describe what, from a big picture, from sort of 30,000 feet, what this bill is all about.

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William H. Frist

Tennessee

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of Medicare reform during Senate floor debate.

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