June 4, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 93 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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           MEDICARE FOR ALL WILL LEAD TO RATIONED HEALTHCARE

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, a disaster is brewing in the people's House. 
It is called H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019.
  May 29, 1 week ago from today, the Fort Bend Chamber had a state of 
healthcare event. During Q&A, Dr. Richard Ehlers, the head of the MD 
Anderson Cancer Center, was asked about Medicare for All: ``Medicare 
for All is the most expensive way to go, and it would be the most 
expensive system to utilize. The underlying model for the rest of the 
world is actually not universal healthcare but rationed medical care.''
  He continued, ``Depending on the supply and the patient's age, it 
could mean a 72-year-old man who needs a liver transplant is told he is 
not eligible because of his age.''
  That man, 72 years old, is given a death sentence by Medicare for 
All, and that is just the way it is.

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