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Vern Buchanan: I represent 170,000 seniors in southwest Florida, Sarasota and Manatee Counties. And many of the seniors that I talk to…

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
I represent 170,000 seniors in southwest Florida, Sarasota and Manatee Counties. And many of the seniors that I talk to are very concerned about what this unelected board of bureaucrats will mean to Medicare.
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Vern Buchanan
Republican · Florida

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Buchanan expresses concerns of seniors regarding Medicare decisions by an unelected board.

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