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Kathy Castor: “The Affordable Care Act cut Medicare, and you are implying to the Medicare beneficiaries our older neighbors, our…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
The Affordable Care Act cut Medicare, and you are implying to the Medicare beneficiaries our older neighbors, our parents and grandparents, that they have suffered, their benefits have been cut, which could not be further from the truth.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

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Castor defends the Affordable Care Act against claims it cuts Medicare benefits.

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