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On the recordJuly 11, 2011
Thanks to the good work by folks on my staff and on Senator Coburn's staff, some good work has been done drilling down on Medicare and on Medicaid to find there are ways for us to be able to reduce outlays from those programs, but to do so in a way that does not mortally wound beneficiaries or, frankly, mortally wound the providers.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Highlighting efforts to reduce Medicare and Medicaid spending responsibly.

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