Senate Proceeding 10-14-09 on Oct 14th, 2009 :: 3:32:30 to 3:33:50
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3:32:28 to 3:32:49( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: care outcomes more available. i would be honored to respond to a question. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. chambliss: i'd like the senator, you mentioned a little bit earlier about the previous attempt to slow the growth of medicare. i rember ding my house days -- it's probably been a decade or more ago when the senator from new hampshire was on the budget committee on the senate side.

3:32:30 to 3:33:50( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Saxby Chambliss

3:32:50 to 3:33:10( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: we were looking at a rapid growth of medicare at in the 7%, 8%, 9% rate. and what you're talking about is that in order to try to achieve a balanced budget and to make reforms in medicare, instead of it growing at that rate, we were going to reduce the rate of growth.

3:33:11 to 3:33:31( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: not reduce the amount of money, just reduce the rate of growth to about 5% per year to help achieve a balanced budget and at the same time continue to provide the services under medicare that we do now -- that we did then. i'd like to ask the senator: what do you think's going to happen here if we're not reducing the rate of growth?

3:33:32 to 3:33:50( Edit History Discussion )

Saxby Chambliss: but we in this plan that's ming out of the finance committee that will be on the floor and the one that came out of the health committee that will be melded together with that, there's going to be a reduction in medicare spending by about $500 billion over ten years. will we be able to provide t same services under medicare