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Christopher Shays: “Before the gentleman yields to my colleague, I just want to make sure that we cover this, because we do not want any…”

On the recordMarch 6, 1996
Before the gentleman yields to my colleague, I just want to make sure that we cover this, because we do not want any senior to think that they have to participate in choice. They can keep their traditional fee-for-service, their 1960 Blue Cross/Blue Shield model. If they choose to get into private care and they do not like it, they have 24 months, each and every month within these next 2 years, they can get out of the private care and right back under the system they had.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut
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Discussing options for seniors regarding healthcare choices.

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