Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, there is bipartisan consensus that Congress must help with affordability, with access and with the availability of health care for American families. There is no question that Congress must act and that we must address the issues, but the current Democrat health plan is not going in a bipartisan direction. Not only is the current Democrat health plan the wrong approach; it could harm various groups of Americans who need and who depend on quality health care the most.
One of the groups is seniors. In my home State of Alabama, seniors make up about 14 percent of the population. That's higher than the national average. The seniors in Alabama and all over America deserve something better than the government takeover of health care.
The House Democrat plan includes massive cuts to Medicare that will result in Medicare Advantage plans dropping out of the program, limiting seniors' choices and causing many to lose their current health care coverage, and cuts to Medicare Advantage will have an exceptionally harmful impact on seniors in rural areas.