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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about how they want to reduce costs for seniors, but it is hard to…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about how they want to reduce costs for seniors, but it is hard to see how they really mean that when we know that the Affordable Care Act, at least by your projections, will actually bring costs down in terms of seniors out-of-pocket costs.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Wasserman Schultz questions the sincerity of cost reduction claims for seniors by opposing colleagues.

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