mr. chairman , i yield myself such time as i may consume .  i appreciate the sentiments expressed by the gentleman from ohio , my good friend , and i understand that he is interested in the best interests of the people in this country , particularly the medicare and medicaid beneficiaries .  but the fact of the matter is we have experience in this regard .  we have the federal employees health benefits plan .  none of the information about who they are , where they are located , what their telephone numbers may be , is distributed to anyone so that they may be contacted under the provisions of the federal employees health benefits plan .  so why , under this new so-called medicare modernization act , are we communicating that kind of information indiscriminately to a whole host of companies that are now going to besiege senior citizens with phone calls that they are not going to welcome ?  we have ways to communicate whatever information we want to to the people who may be the beneficiaries under this program , and they can do that through the existing medicare and medicaid programs very simply .  there is no reason whatsoever to give this information out indiscriminately so that these people can be harassed .  mr. chairman , i reserve the balance of my time .  