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Tom Carper: “If we do not do something about reining those in, we are doomed, on Medicare and Medicaid and so forth.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
If we do not do something about reining those in, we are doomed, on Medicare and Medicaid and so forth.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper emphasizes the urgency of addressing health care costs for Medicare and Medicaid.

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