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Frank Riggs: our plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy, while increasing Medicare spending and increasing Medicare health care…

On the recordMay 14, 1996
our plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy, while increasing Medicare spending and increasing Medicare health care choices, increasing Medicare spending per senior citizen from $4,800 per citizen per year in 1996 to $7,300 per senior citizen in 6 years. Obviously when you go from $4,800 today to $7,300 over the next 6 years, you are increasing Medicare spending per senior citizen. No matter which way you slice it, that happens to be an increase.
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Frank Riggs
California

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Discussing a plan to save Medicare and increase spending per senior citizen.

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