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Mike Levin: “Mr. Speaker, as I was saying, you are not only going to dismantle Medicare later as a first step, and now try to…”

On the recordJune 26, 2003
Mr. Speaker, as I was saying, you are not only going to dismantle Medicare later as a first step, and now try to dismantle the employer-based health care system in this country; but what you are doing is digging a deeper, deeper hole of debt in this country. This is a radical proposal on all accounts, and it should be rejected.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Opposing proposed changes to Medicare and employer-based health care during a House floor debate.

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