Kevin Brady: “Mr. Speaker, here is a lesson on how to scare seniors in three easy steps: Tell them you are going to privatize…”

“Mr. Speaker, here is a lesson on how to scare seniors in three easy steps: Tell them you are going to privatize Medicare. Do not tell them we are going to offer the same choices that Members of Congress have. Tell them we are going to provide vouchers for Medicare. Do not tell them we are going to offer them the same types of choices that Congress has. Tell them we are going to end Medicare as you know it, but do not tell them we are trying to offer Medicare the way Members of Congress have health care. What they will not tell you, because it will actually reassure our seniors, is that the bill that we passed in this House, the bill that we are discussing tonight, says it clearly: There will be no change in Medicare's defined benefit package. Let me say that again: No change in Medicare's defined benefit package. We are not ending Medicare as people know it; we are offering more choices and better Medicare. ``Nothing in this part shall be construed as changing the entitlement to defined benefits under Parts A and B of the Social Security Act.''”