On the recordFebruary 1, 2011
I come to support Senator McConnell's amendment to repeal this health care law. I listen very carefully. I listen to the people in Wyoming. The University of Wyoming conducted a survey. Sixty-eight percent of people in my home State want this law repealed. The people of Wyoming have great concerns about the unfairness of the law. Our seniors who rely on Medicare are concerned with the unfairness of a law that takes over $500 billion from them, from our seniors on Medicare, not to help Medicare, not to save Medicare, not to secure Medicare, but to start a whole new government entitlement program for someone else. Let's look at the specific cuts to Medicare: $155 billion from hospitals; $202 billion from the 11 million seniors on Medicare Advantage, and there is an advantage to Medicare Advantage. That is why so many seniors have signed up for it. Nearly $15 billion from nursing homes; another $40 billion from home health agencies; and $7 billion from hospice.
