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Jack Kingston: I can answer it in 30 seconds if the gentleman will let me. Please, the lady is right, medical inflation on Medicare is…

On the recordAugust 1, 1995
I can answer it in 30 seconds if the gentleman will let me. Please, the lady is right, medical inflation on Medicare is going up 10.15 percent a year, but regular insurance inflation is at about 4 percent, and in the private sector, some corporations are actually having a 1-percent decrease. So what we are going to do, trying to do through all of these options, is slow down the rate of that increase so we can get----
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing medical inflation rates in relation to Medicare and private insurance.

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