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Karen Thurman: And they talked about it. One of the things that they do not want to do is they do not want to be in the position of…

On the recordJune 12, 2001
And they talked about it. One of the things that they do not want to do is they do not want to be in the position of taking over the Medicare program. They already are involved in the Medicaid program, plus whatever programs they have within their own States, and they do not want this responsibility. Then they have to pick and choose. They have to make that determination. Quite frankly, that is a very bipartisan group of folks out there. That is Democrats, Republicans, Independents, making that decision not to have the Federal Government abrogate to the States our responsibility which is Medicare.
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Karen Thurman
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing the responsibilities of federal and state governments regarding Medicare and Medicaid.

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