Jay Rockefeller: “Amendment No. 3979 (Purpose: To restore $50 billion in excessive Medicare cuts designed to pay for new tax breaks for…”

“Amendment No. 3979 (Purpose: To restore $50 billion in excessive Medicare cuts designed to pay for new tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, offset by the extension of expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms; to protect seniors against unjustified increases in premiums and other out-of-pocket costs; to prevent the closing of rural hospitals and other excessive provider cuts that erode access to needed medical services; to prevent the implementation of policies designed to force seniors to give up their own doctors to join private health plans; and to protect Medicare against policies that will cause it to wither on the vine)”